"The only classes of male persons required to pay taxes,and not at the same time allowed the privilege of voting,are aliens and minors.The objection in the case of aliens is their supposed want of interest in our institutions and knowledge of them.The objection in the case of minors is the want of sufficient understanding.These objections can not apply to women,natives of the city,all of whose property interests are here,and who have accumulated,by their own sagacity and industry,the very property on which they are taxed.But this is not all;the alien,by going through the forms of naturalization,the minor on coming of age,obtain the right of voting;...though so ignorant as not to be able to sign their names,or read the very votes they put into the ballot-boxes.Even drunkards,felons,idiots,and lunatics,if men,may still enjoy that right of voting to which no woman,however large the amount of the taxes she pays,however respectable her character,or useful her life,can ever attain." According to Harriet K.Hunt,why should women be given the right to vote?

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Harriet K. Hunt argues that women should be given the right to vote because they are tax-paying citizens and their property interests are in the city. She suggests that the objections that apply to aliens and minors do not apply to women who have accumulated property through their own sagacity and industry. Hunt also points out that even groups such as felons, idiots, and lunatics (who may be unable to read or write) are allowed to vote if they are males, while women who pay taxes and have respectable character are still denied this right.

"The Only Classes of Male Persons Required to Pay Taxes,and