Pamphlet : The case against woman suffrage: the most important question on the ballot at the state election. November 2, 1915
Anti-suffrage arguments
Marriage
Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee
Motherhood
United States --Massachusetts
Women --Suffrage --Massachusetts
The pamphlet, addressed "to the men of Massachusetts" provides detailed arguments against woman suffrage. <br /><br />Sections include: <br /><br /><ul><li>"The vote not a natural right"</li>
<li>"A privilege with a heavy obligation"</li>
<li>"The net result of woman suffrage a loss to women and to the state"</li>
<li>"Opinions of noted suffragists on marriage, motherhood and home."</li>
</ul>
Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee
[Boston : Anchor Linotype Printing, Co.]
1915
James D. Colt, Chairman
Augustin H. Parker, Secretary
48 p.
English
ALMS.1915.01
Boston, Massachusetts
Pamphlet : The blank-cartridge ballot. [Circa 1900]
African Americans--Suffrage
Anti-suffrage literature
Ballot
Education of women
Immigrants
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Rossiter Johnson was a prominent author and editor whose wife, Helen Kendrick Johnson, also a writer, was active in the anti-suffrage movement.
The author discusses reasons why women's suffrage would be a mistake, including the idea that African American and immigrant voters already cast "blank cartridge" ballots with no impact on the outcome of an election; granting the vote to women would present the same problem. He asserts that women would wield more influence by educating and influencing those who already have the right to vote.
Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931
New York, J.J. O'Brien & Son
15 p.
English
DOCU.1000.06
Ballot : Official ballot for election precinct no. 19, Park County, Colorado. November 7, 1893
Ballot
Election--Colorado
United States--Colorado--Park County
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Official election ballot includes the list of candidates for the People's Party, Free coinage, and Republican parties.
Along the bottom of each column is the measure to approve or deny equal suffrage in Colorado. Colorado women won the right to vote in this general election.
1893-11-07
A.E. Van Deusen, County Clerk
W.L. Wilson, Deputy
1 p.
English
DOCU.1893.03
Park County, Colorado
Puck Magazine, cover : "A squelcher for woman suffrage" by C.J. Taylor. Vol. 35, No. 900. June 6, 1894
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900
Magazine covers--1890-1900
Suffrage--United States--Caricature and cartoons
Voting--1890-1900
Women--Civil rights--1890-1900
Women--Clothing & dress--1890-1900
Women's suffrage--1890-1900
Full color cartoon published on the cover of Puck Magazine, a weekly humor magazine first published in 1871 until 1918. This page has been removed from the original issue.
Caption: How can she vote, when the fashions are so wide, and the voting booths are so narrow?
Illustration shows a tall woman wearing a very wide dress and hat, who is denied the opportunity to vote because she cannot fit in the narrow booths. On the doors to the voting booths are signs: "Ballots Must Be Prepared In These Booths." A policeman is standing on the left, and, in the background, election officials are standing over the ballot box for "Election District No. 13".
On the reverse, is an article about the women's suffrage movement entitled "Concerning an unmanly fad."
Taylor, C.J. (Taylor, Charles Jay), 1855-1929
New York : Keppler & Schwarzmann
1894-06-06
2 p.
English
PERI.1894.01
Essay : Woman's right to the ballot by James H. Fairchild. 1870
Anti-suffrage
Ballot
Woman--Social and moral questions
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
James H. Fairchild was the third president of Oberlin College from 1866 until he retired in 1889. Fairchild was an abolitionist and argued for social reforms including temperance and coeducation of the sexes. He did not support woman's right to vote.
This article was first published as a series of papers in The Advance. Fairchild calls for a careful examination of impact on society if women were to have the right to vote. He reviews the issue from all sides and argues that there is no guarantee that granting women the right to vote will have a positive outcome.
Fairchild, James Harris, 1817-1902
Oberlin, Ohio : G.H. Fairchild
1870
67 p.
English
DOCU.1870.08
Oberlin, Ohio
Ballot: Official ballot for the town of Hiram [Maine]. September 10, 1917
Ballot
Constitutional amendments
Election--Maine
United States--Maine--Hiram
Women--Suffrage--Maine
Official election ballot includes the proposed state constitutional amendment for woman's suffrage.
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the federal amendment and when a referendum vote was held, Maine women won the right to vote in presidential elections.
1917-09-10
1 p.
English
DOCU.1917.09
Hiram, Maine
Envelope : 100 Women's Official Ballots for or against an act to revise the law with relation to banks and banking. 1920
Ballot
Banking law
Banks and banking--Law and legislation
Election officials
Election workers
Envelope that would have held ballots related to a revision to a banking law. The envelope was intended to be opened only by an election official.
[1920]
English
DOCU.1920.04
Flier : President Wilson says . . . Co-operative Suffrage Committee of New Jersey. [1915]
Ballot
Constitutional amendments
Co-operative Suffrage Committee of New Jersey
States' rights (American politics)
Voter registration
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Women--Suffrage--New Jersey
Reprints a statement by President Woodrow Wilson in support of woman suffrage in New Jersey as a states' rights issue and not a federal issue. The flier demonstrates the way the initiative will appear on the ballot along with information on New Jersey voter registration regulations.
The referendum failed to pass at that time. New Jersey ratified the 19th amendment on February 9, 1920.
Co-operative Suffrage Committee of New Jersey
East Orange, N.J. : Co-operative Suffrage Committee of New Jersey
[1915]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1915.36
Flier: Not at home. You were out today! New York State Woman Suffrage Party. [Circa 1917]
Ballot
Homemakers
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Women--Education
Women--Employment
Women--Suffrage--New York
Series of statements about where women go during the day, including children's school, grocery store, buying clothes, and looking for employment, and how those places are under some type of political control. The final question is: "Who controls politics? The ballot."
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[Circa 1914-1917]
1 sheet ([1] page)
English
DOCU.1917.43.02
Broadside : How to vote for woman suffrage amendment, election day, November 6th, 1917. 1917
Ballot
Constitutional amendments
Elections
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
Reprints the amendments that were on the ballot in New York for the election held on November 6, 1917 and urges voters to vote for woman suffrage.
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York : New York State Woman Suffrage Party
1917
1 p.
English
DOCU.1917.32