Sacredness of the Ballot - Alison Wahl
Video Information
- Choir: Neoteric Chamber Choir
- Piece: Sacredness of the Ballot
- Composer: Alison Wahl
- Conductor: Dane Carten
- Voices: SATB
- Genres: A cappella, Contemporary
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Premiered and recorded December 7th 2023 at Catalina United Methodist Church in Tucson, Arizona.
Text:
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State o... morePremiered and recorded December 7th 2023 at Catalina United Methodist Church in Tucson, Arizona.
Text:
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.[1]
The unenfranchised women of the United States are as intelligent, law abiding and patriotic as any women in the world[2]
We cannot successfully Evade duty because the Suffering fellow woman is only a woman! The spirit of true philanthropy knows no sex.[3]
It is... our bounded duty to stand forth and declare ourselves...
to teach an ignorant and suspicious world the aims and interests of good aspiring women.
Too long have we been silent under unjust charges
The women of the race take the lead in this movement, but for all this we recognize the necessity of the sympathy of our husbands, brothers and fathers. Our women’s movement is for the good of women and men, for the benefit of all humanity...
we are coming to the front, ...and welcoming any others to join us less