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→Beliefs: He apparently favored women's suffrage, yet denounced "suffragettes?" Can't figure it out, but there are sources for both.
He was inclusive toward "Negroes" (African-Americans), welcoming them to his services. In 1918 he supported "industrial equality," stating that "If the Negro is good enough to fight in the trenches and to buy Liberty bonds, his girl is good enough to work alongside any white girl in the munitions factories."<ref>[http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page1.cfm?ItemID=2568 Billy Sunday for Industrial Equality for Negro Citizens], Ohio History Society</ref>
He was inclusive toward "Negroes" (African-Americans), welcoming them to his services. In 1918 he supported "industrial equality," stating that "If the Negro is good enough to fight in the trenches and to buy Liberty bonds, his girl is good enough to work alongside any white girl in the munitions factories."<ref>[http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page1.cfm?ItemID=2568 Billy Sunday for Industrial Equality for Negro Citizens], Ohio History Society</ref>
He favored sex instruction ("Prudery is no more a sign of virtue than a wig is of hair").
He favored women's right to vote, labor unions, and sex education:<ref>[http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/residents_sunday.htm Famous Ames Residents: Billy Sunday], Ames Historical Society</ref> ("Prudery is no more a sign of virtue than a wig is of hair"),
==Converts and financial success==
==Converts and financial success==