Item - A Question of Right

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	New York Weekly — v. 26 no. 17 — page 4
Subject / Tag:	Women
Part of:	New York Weekly, v. XXVI, no. 17, March 9, 1871 (Issue)
Author:	Pollard, Josephine, 1834-1892
Date:	March 9, 1871
First Sentence:	I have always been a little apprehensive that women, in contending for their right to the ballot, would overreach the mark and bring down upon themselves a more consuming fire than they have suffered from hitherto.
Last Sentence:	It is not merely a question of right, or courtesy, or common civility even, it is a question of conscience, and if this evil is to continue its growth, it will be a merciful for those (women especially) who are marked by the gods for an early death.