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Broadside : As man to man. Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. [1915]
Argues that men are primarily concerned with their interests and do not represent women's interests.
Massachusetts voters rejected the referendum in November 1915, along with New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts…
Massachusetts voters rejected the referendum in November 1915, along with New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts…
Circular : Woman Suffrage Bazar. December 26 - 31, 1870
Circular published by the New England Woman Suffrage Association, containing details of the first woman suffrage bazaar to be held at Music Hall in Boston. The Circular Committee requested contributions of articles for the Bazaar be sent to the…
Disunion: two discourses at Music Hall, on January 20th, and February 17th, 1861
Two speeches given by famed abolitionist and orator, Wendell Phillips. The first is entitled "The Lesson of the Hour." The second, entitled "Progress" was addressed to the twenty-eighth Congregational Society. In the second, Phillips discusses the…
Flier : A Tale of Six Cities. Statement of Anna Howard Shaw, Helen Todd, and Carrie Chapman Catt. [Circa 1912-1915]
Six pie charts demonstrate the percentage of non-natives who comprise the male populations of Berlin, Paris, and London and in the United States (males of voting age) of New York, Boston and Chicago.
The flier includes statements on suffrage by…
The flier includes statements on suffrage by…
Flier : Women do want the vote. These women have said so. Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. [1915]
Lists the organizations that support woman suffrage, including those comprised of just women and of both women and men.
Flier : Women vote in the yellow states, why not in the state of Massachusetts? 1915
Color flier speaks directly to the men of Massachusetts and argues that Massachusetts women should have the same right to vote for President as the women in the twelve states that granted women suffrage. Small map along the top indicates the states…
Leaflet : Equality for women the country's need: an address delivered by James M. Curley, Mayor of the City of Boston. October 16, 1915
Reprint of an address by James Curley, mayor of Boston from 1914-1919, at Mechanics Hall. Curley argues that most reform laws, including improved labor laws, extension of the school age, public health laws, and employee pension were all met with…
Leaflet : No woman suffrage vote. [Circa 1895-1900]
Author discusses the results of the non-binding referendum held in Massachusetts in which women were allow to vote on the issue of municipal suffrage and the referendum was rejected. The author asserts that women will not be granted the right to vote…
Letter : Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Mary G. Ames, and Mary A. Livermore, Office Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, to "friend." April 25, 1884
The handwritten letter references an enclosed petition and leaflets for municipal woman suffrage and urges the recipient to obtain as many names as possible by January 1, 1885. The letter also discusses the rising anti-suffrage movement in Boston.
Letter : Pauline A. Shaw, President, Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government, to members, co-workers and friends. October 1, 1916
Letter from the president of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government, encouraging hard work in the coming year and participation in the organization's upcoming activities, including the Boston Table of the Bay State Fair, and a…