FRANK AND THE WHITE Suffrage RibbonFrank and the White Suffrage RibbonI am Frank, or Frances Elizabeth Willard as others may know me. I was born into a middle-class Christian family in Churchville, New York. Both my mother, Mary Thompson Hill Willard, and my father, Josiah Flint Willard, were both born into families that encouraged progress and morality based on the principles of Christianity. On my father's side is the Reverend Samuel Willard. He was the pastor of a church in Boston where he openly opposed the hanging of witches. My parents' upbringing and backgrounds allowed them to grow up in a more liberal and progressive way than was expected of a Christian family. My parents encouraged me and taught me that “…we no longer need to fear the step in front of us any more than we need to fear the one right behind us.” My mother encouraged my siblings and me to think outside the confines of societies based on gender ideas. Franchising, the right to have a say in our country, has been a goal of mine since I was about sixteen years old. I witnessed my brother...