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Senator Joseph W. Bailey Courtesy the Dallas Historical Society Joseph W. Bailey, a United States senator from Texas, was adamantly opposed to prohibition and woman's suffrage throughout his political career.He stated: "The three highest duties of citizenship are military service, posse comitatus service and jury service, all of which a woman, by her very nature, is incapable of performing." --Sharon E. Strawn, Woman Suffrage: The Texas Moment, 1869-1920 Women Should Not Vote... She cannot fight battles, and should not therefore, be permitted to vote for a declaration of war.... She cannot help the sheriff suppress a riot or arrest an outlaw, and should not, therefore, be permitted to make the laws under which men are required to undertake that dangerous service... --Hon. Joseph W. Bailey, Comments in Houston "State Topics" May 3, 1913 |