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Musical numbers about suffrage made their way into popular venues, a trend reflected in two songs mentioned here. A composition by Harry Williams and Nat D. Ayer, using the term British \u201csuffragette\u201d that American suffragists generally considered demeaning, was performed at a New York theater under the auspices of the American showman, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. \u201cShe\u2019s Good Enough to be Your Baby\u2019s Mother,\u201d by Alfred Bryan and Herman Paley, offered a popular pro-suffrage argument directed at male voters. The chorus ran: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s good enough to warm your heart with kisses<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

When you are lonesome and blue,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

She\u2019s good enough to be your baby\u2019s mother<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

And she\u2019s good enough to vote with you! You!<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

  • Nat D. Ayer (1887-1952) and Harry Williams (1879-1922). \u201cThat Ragtime Suffragette\u201d (sheet music). Lyric by Harry Williams ; music by Nat D. Ayer, performed by the Ziegfeld Follies of 1913. New York : Harry Williams Music Co. Inc., 1913. Mark Samuels Lasner Collection.<\/li>
  • Alfred Bryan (1871-1958) and Herman Paley (1879-1955). \u201cShe\u2019s Good Enough to Be Your Baby\u2019s Mother and She\u2019s Good Enough to Vote With You : Song\u201d (sheet music). Lyric by Alfred Bryan and Herman Paley. New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1916.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Suffragists adopted yellow as a symbol of their movement, and yellow flowers, particularly jonquils and roses, as suffrage flowers. Anti-suffragists used the red rose. Contests over suffrage could resemble a \u201cwar of the roses\u201d as supporters and opponents of suffrage measures pinned the preferred flower to the lapels of male legislators. Delaware suffragist Mary H. Askew Mather penned the lyrics to \u201cThe Little Yellow Rose of Equal Suffrage.\u201d Mather and her life partner, Alice Smyth, were donors to the Delaware Women\u2019s College. The Smyth Residence Hall, a dormitory on the Newark campus, is named for Alice Smyth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Mary H. Askew Mather (1860-1925) and E. Rose (Emma Rose) Reese Ort (about 1865-1950). \u201cThe Little Yellow Rose of Equal Suffrage\u201d (sheet music). Music by Mary H. Askew Mather; music by E. Rose Reese Ort. Copyright E. Rose Reese Ort, 1916. Inscribed by the composer, \u201cCompliments of E.R.R.O., August 15, 1915.” Courtesy of Delaware Historical Society.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Militant suffragists from the National Woman\u2019s Party began a \u201cSilent Sentinel\u201d picket of the White House in January 1917. Initially ignored or considered as an amusing curiosity, picketing aroused public ire during wartime. In summer, 1917, the pickets began to be arrested and sentenced to jail terms in Washington, D.C., or the nearby Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia. They sang to keep up their spirits. Songs such as \u201cThe Woman\u2019s Party Song\u201d \u201csung by suffragists in prison in Washington\u201d contrasted the image of prison walls with their vision of expanding horizons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • Anita (Anita Lily) Pollitzer (1894-1975) and Josephine Preston Peabody (1874-1922). \u201cThe Woman\u2019s Party Song.\u201d Written for piano by Anita Pollitzer ; words by Josephine Preston Peabody. National Woman\u2019s Party, undated. Woman Suffrage Collection.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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