I believe not only in using the peculiar executive abilities of women in the state service, but I cannot remember a time when I did not believe in woman suffrage. The great economic and industrial questions of to-day affect women as directly as they do men. And the interests of men and women are not antagonistic one to the other, but mutual and coordinate. Co-suffrage, like co-education, will react not to the special advantage of either men or women, but will result in a more enlightened, better balanced citizenship, and in a truer democracy. I am glad to say that the legislature of Wisconsin passed, at its last session, a suffrage law which will be submitted on referendum next November to the voters of the state. I shall support it and campaign for it.
–from La Follette’s Autobiography,
Robert La Follette
Which statement best summarizes La Follette’s point of view?
-Only educated, upper-class women should have the right to vote.
-For the good of the entire country, women should have the right to vote.
-Women do not have enough political knowledge to cast informed votes.
-Only working women should vote because they are most affected by politics.