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Summary Of Marie Jenney Howe's 'Monologue'
In a document associated with chapter twenty one, there is a reoccurring theme of social satire. Women’s anti-suffrage is being exaggerated and ridiculed to emphasize the corruption of those against women having the right to vote.
In her Monologue, Marie Jenney Howe mocks anti suffragists by highlighting the many ignorant remarks made by those against women’s suffrage. She establishes the fact that antisuffragists don’t want men and women to be considered as equals. Howe describes how women are believed to be incapable of voting and maintaining a household at the same time. She illustrates how those against suffrage fear that giving women the right to vote will increase other political freedoms and make women powerful
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