Argumentative Essay On Women's Suffrage

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I was thinking to myself about what you told me. It’s a lot of money you’re willing to give away but I understand. In this year 1913 there are a lot of problems all over America. What I must do is divide the money into three charities that need the most help. I believe the first one is Women’s suffrage. After that would be child labor and last would be the meat packing industry. Women’s suffrage will receive the greatest amount being $600,000. In the document Addams, Jane. "Why Women Should Vote." it says, “ American women need this to preserve home.” This explains that if women get to vote they will be able to protect their children by voting for what’s right and having more votes so they can pass laws or acts. If Women get the right to vote they will be able to solve so many more problems then you can imagine. That is why women’s suffrage deserves the most amount of money. …show more content…

That is why it will receive $300,000. All that is happening is children are dying at a much younger rate. They are smothered in coal from the mines. Little girls are getting their hands cut off or their foot caught in machines. Can you imagine being 9 years old and getting one of your fingers cut off? In Library of congress, prints and photo division, photo by Lewis Hine, 1911. Children are seen sorting out coal in the breaker machines in a coal mine. They’re faces and clothes are all covered in coal sooner or later they will be suffering from Black Lung at such a young age. The reason why it is second is because by giving women the right to vote, they can vote to stop children from

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