Woman is woman. She can not unsex herself or change her sphere. Let her be content with her lot and perform those high duties intended for her by the Great Creator, and she will accomplish far more in governmental affairs that she can ever accomplish by mixing up in the dirty pool of politics. Keep the home pure and all will be well with the Republic. Let not the sanctity of the home be invaded by every little politician that may be running up and down the highway for office. Let the manly men and the womanly women defeat this amendment and keep woman where she belongs in order that she may retain the respect of all mankind.
J. B. Sanford, Senator, 4th District.
Received by Secretary of State Frank Jordan on June 26th, 1911, for publication as part of a voters' information manual. Document is currently filed in the California State Archives under: Secretary of State Elections Papers, 1911 Special Election.
On Monday, December 5, 2011 Elaine Elinson & Stan Yogi, the authors of a new book, 
Wherever There's a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California, will explore how the suffrage campaign fits into the broader movement for civil liberties in California.
On December 5, (7 - 8 pyem) they will share stories and historic photographs from their book, which illuminate the lives of California’s unsung heroines — from Charlotte Brown who fought race segregation on San Francisco streetcars a hundred years before Rosa Parks, to suffragist Selina Solomons who organized shop girls to win the right to vote in 1911, to Rosie the Riveters who built the ships that helped ensure an Allied victory in World War II – all the way up to today when women are on the front lines of fighting for workplace equity, reproductive rights and marriage equality. At the Sunset Library, 1305 18th Avenue, San Francisco.
For a filmed approach to suffrage, you might rent, check your library or purchase a copy of 
Iron Jawed Angels (2004): "The fight for women's voting rights has rarely been given as dramatic a treatment" as in this film. The film stars Hilary Swank and Frances O'Connor as Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.
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