Chapter 23
Week 10, Instructor Calendar, April 1896
Over the next few days, anticipation of the upcoming rally began to build. It was the primary topic in the faculty lounge, drawing heated opinions on both sides.
“And why should we not have the same voting rights as men?” Jane Cowles asked one afternoon, when several of the teachers, along with the lady principal, were taking a tea break. “We make important decisions every day of our lives. Are we not to be entrusted with choosing our leaders?” The tip of her long nose twitched even more than usual, and her thin frame was rigid with anger.
“Wyoming has had full voting rights for women for more than twenty years now, before it even became a state,” another teacher said. “And just recently, Colorado extended the franchise to women.
