Statistics and Testimony.
ILLINOIS, great petits. for wom. suff., 39;
laws for women, 276.
_See_ State chapter.
ILLITERACY, percentage of, smaller among women than men, xxii, 216;
in Ga., 246;
shut it out from electorate, 316-17;
not the ignorant alone opp. wom. suff., 338, 493;
decides fate of women, 371;
in S. D., 556.
IMMIGRANTS, English view of, 23;
their enfranchisement, 37;
same, 39;
polit. danger of, 68-9;
German view, 73;
in Neb., 81; 82;
welcome to, 116;
enfranchised, Mrs. Stanton on, 138;
political rule of, American women in majority, 148;
placed over women, 195;
preferred to Amer. women, Mrs. Stanton's picture of, 269;
should be welcomed but not enfranch., 316, 317;
in Mich., 324;
compared to Amer. women, 415; 418.
INDIA, effect on its women of English laws, 330.
INDIANS, preferred to women voters in S. D., 182, 557;
Gov't. favors over women, 213;
vs. American women, 313;
effect on women of "land in severalty," 330;
Gov't. grants privileges denied to white women, 374;
authority of their women, 1041.
INDIFFERENCE OF WOMEN, xxii;
same, xxiv;
reasons for, xxv;
same, xxix;
causes of, 20;
men will decide the question, 39;
no means of knowing, 46;
all women should not be punished for, 84;
fear to speak, 92;
pity for, 121;
women put everything before suff., 149, 150;
is result of disfranchis., 160;
does not affect the right of suff., 168;
Miss Blackwell on, 198;
women too much flattered, 208;
dangers of, 259;
always existed, 275;
women do not think, 285;
Miss Blackwell gives examples, 320;
parable of good Samaritan, 360;
natural conservatism, 372;
timidity and ignorance, 415;
selfishness, 420;
those who have all the rights they want, 461;
same in Col., 517.
INDIRECT INFLUENCE, needs responsibility, 55; 96-7;
suff. would destroy, 107; 168; 517.
INDIVIDUALITY of woman, suff. a guarantee of, 82;
should not be allowed to wives, 100;
Mrs. Stanton on right to, 189;
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw on, 230, 361;
Mrs. Spencer on, 328;
new civilization will recognize, 336; 418.
IOWA, reasons for refusing suff. amd't., xxi;
nat'l. conv. in Des Moines, 270;
noted speakers before Legis., 279.
_See_ State chapter.
IRELAND, wom. suff. in, 343;
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