I am writing a story about a 12-year-old girl in rural minnesota during the american women’s suffrage movement who decides to run for class president. what would be some realistic campaign strategies? she is trying to prove that girls are as good as boys. her classroom is a simple one-room schoolhouse.
How should she convince her male classmates to vote for her instead of a male candidate?
In 1912 she might study for and win the local spelling bee.
But since it’s still 1912 she might sway the vote with cookies.
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:02 am
she beats the boy in something the boy thinks he’s good at, like soccer or something.
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November 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
In 1912 she might study for and win the local spelling bee.
But since it’s still 1912 she might sway the vote with cookies.
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November 22nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Given this scenario:
The percentage of boys in the class would decline as age increased as many of the boys would leave (not necessarily of their own volition) to work on the family farm.
Since the school would have a student body with a wide range of ages and because teachers of that era were much more authoritarian, I’d bet it likely that the oldest or most mature student would be selected by the teacher as the class representative.
I don’t know what the sentiment regarding the women’s movement was in MN at the time, but if the movement was not in favor with the local school board, or even the teacher, a campaign such as you describe would probably have been squelched.
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