{"id":12,"date":"2023-11-10T19:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mountholyokevotes\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-01-23T11:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:31:55","slug":"elections-and-debates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mountholyokevotes\/elections-and-debates\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections and Debates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/node\/1353760\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mountholyokevotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/910\/2023\/11\/supporters-of-the-prohibition-party-marching-1904-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"Many students variously attired and holding signs congregate outside a brick building; one student peers down at the parade from a window on the second story. Several of the students wear matching blouses, white skirts, and paper \u201cpitchers\u201d on their heads. Some carry torches aloft; others posters of pitchers or advocating for \u201cpeace.\u201d Most are not readable due to overexposure. Some students are clad in all white with cylinders of paper worn as masks with cutouts for their eyes, nose, and mouth. Others wear military garb over their dresses and have mustaches and goatees drawn on their faces. The line of students continues on in a blurry and semi-indistinguishable fashion. In white ink in the photo\u2019s upper right corner is written \u201c\u2018Prohibition! Prohibition! \/ We\u2019ll turn our glasses upside down \/ And down with the red, red wine!\u2019\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-45\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mountholyokevotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/910\/2023\/11\/supporters-of-the-prohibition-party-marching-1904-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mountholyokevotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/910\/2023\/11\/supporters-of-the-prohibition-party-marching-1904-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mountholyokevotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/910\/2023\/11\/supporters-of-the-prohibition-party-marching-1904-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mountholyokevotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/910\/2023\/11\/supporters-of-the-prohibition-party-marching-1904-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/mountholyokevotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/910\/2023\/11\/supporters-of-the-prohibition-party-marching-1904.jpg 1607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub><sup>Supporters of the Prohibition Party Marching, 1904<\/sup><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long before women gained the right to vote, Mount Holyoke students began to form and participated in political activities on campus. In conjunction with the presidential elections that occurred nationally in the United States, students on campus held their own campaigns and elections every four years. These activities began in 1860 and continued until the passing of the 19th amendment in 1920.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mock campaigns and elections consisted of elaborate activities including singing political songs, giving campaign speeches, dressing up as contemporary political figures, and casting votes on mock ballots. By being exposed to arguments about suffrage, Mount Holyoke students might have started to form their own opinions on suffrage, as it was becoming a popular topic on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mock presidential elections and debates on suffrage demonstrate the strong devotion to politics held by Mount Holyoke students decades before they had the right to vote. These activities would eventually give rise to more formal political engagement, including the creation of a Mount Holyoke chapter of the National College Equal Suffrage League in 1911.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before women gained the right to vote, Mount Holyoke students began to form and participated in political activities on campus. In conjunction with the presidential elections that occurred nationally in the United States, students on campus held their own campaigns and elections every four years. 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