Calvin Coolidge's Voting Equality Of Women

Calvin Coolidge’s values were timeless, and beneficial to all people. He understood the importance of doing everything to the best of his abilities, he supported the voting equality of women, he enjoyed learning simply for learning’s sake, and he never believed that he was any worthier than the rest of America. These values would serve many modern politicians well, and are also constantly applicable in the regular life of myself and countless others. Calvin Coolidge went to school in order to become a lawyer, and he put as much time and dedication into his studies and his law firm as he did into his political career. Following his time as a lawyer, he eventually became governor of Massachusetts. He took this office so seriously that, when it came time for him to campaign for reelection, he relied on the people to reelect him without any formal campaign, saying that he “was Governor of Massachusetts, and [his] first duty was to that office.” Such was his desire not to be distracted from the good that he was doing that he never let the lure of power …show more content…
As a member of Massachusetts’s House of Representatives, he supported women’s suffrage, even though it went against the beliefs of his party. This shows two important things: first, that he stood up for what he believed was right, even when he was likely to face opposition, and second, that he believed in the equality of all peoples. This is the one of his many values that perhaps holds most resonance for me; I am currently the president and a founder member of a group called Equal + Empowered. The goal of Equal + Empowered is to raise awareness of and combat social inequality, with a focus on feminism and women’s empowerment. Much like Coolidge must have, we have faced significant opposition from all sides, but we have continued to fight for what we believe in and to strive for the equality of all