Deseret Evening News declares itself "a decided advocate of the rights of women."

Date
Feb 8, 1870
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Deseret Evening News
LDS
Hearsay
Journalism
Reference

"Female Suffrage in Utah," Deseret Evening News 3, no. 65 (February 8, 1870): 2

Scribe/Publisher
Deseret Evening News
People
Deseret Evening News
Audience
Reading Public
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Transcription

We are a decided advocate of the rights of women as well as of men, and believe that the two are so intimately related that they cannot be enjoyed, to the fullest extent compatible with happiness and well-being, by either sex while the other labors under disability, however limited.

BHR Staff Commentary

Apostle George Q. Cannon was the editor of the Deseret Evening News at the time of this publication.

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