How we won the vote in California: a true story of the campaign of 1911 / by Selina Solomons.
Women--Suffrage--California
Solomons, Selina
San Francisco, California : New Woman Publishing Company
[1912]
English
BOOK.1911.01
Address in opposition to woman suffrage. [1913]
Anti-suffrage
Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extention of Suffrage to Women
Southern California Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage
Women--Suffrage--California
Mary Caswell was the president of the Southern California Assn. Opposed to Women's Suffrage. In this address, Caswell outlines in detail the reasons for opposing woman suffrage. Sections include:
Misleading Statements
Women in Public Affairs
Women's Wrongs
The Ballot Not a Right
"Without Representation"
Experimental Legislation Unsafe
Universal Male Suffrage and the Alien Vote
The Indifferent Vote
"Stay at Home Then!"
Political Pull
Their Inalienable Right
Suffrage and the Working Woman
Caswell, Mary S. Deering (Mrs. George Caswell)
Boston : Issued by Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
[1913]
12 p.
English
DOCU.1913.01
Set of suffrage poems and "Votes for Women" envelopes. [Circa 1909-1910]
California Equal Suffrage Association
Poetry
United States--California
Set of seven cards with accompanying envelopes. Each white card contains a 4-verse poem about militant suffrage. The poems are anti-suffrage The white envelopes each contain an illustration of a yellow and black "Votes for Women" flag in the upper left corner.
[Circa 1909-1910
Postcard : Votes for Women "California Next." [1909]
California Equal Suffrage Association
United States--California
Postcard possibly created by the California Equal Suffrage Association. The yellow and black illustration on the recto is a woman holding a "Votes for Women" flag. The rest of the card was left blank.
[California Equal Suffrage Association]
[1909]
Postcard : Votes for Women. [1909]
California Equal Suffrage Association
United States--California
Postcard possibly created by the California Equal Suffrage Association. The yellow and black illustration on the recto is a woman holding a "Votes for Women" flag. The rest of the card was left blank.
On the recto, the message reads: "Dear Mitie, / I just want to let you know I asked miss Pattison to send you a box of liners on approval. I hope you like some of the things - I wrote the baby yesterday - I had a nice
(continued on verso):
"letter from Billy saying he had written you - What kind of a letter was it. Love to you all. / Mary"
On the verso, the card is addressed to Mrs. Ray E. Frazier El Dorado, Kansas, and postmarked February 19, 1909.
[California Equal Suffrage Association]
[1909]
Leaflet : Chicago Chronicle, July 10, 1896 : Oppose woman suffrage; Mrs. Crannell endorsed. [Circa 1896-1900]
Anti-suffrage
Democratic National Convention. Committee on Resolutions
Chicago (Ill.)
Speeches, addresses, etc.
United States--Politics and government
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
Reprint of an article from the Chicago Chronicle with endorsements of Mrs. W. Winslow (Elizabeth) Crannell's address delivered the day before to the Committee on Resolutions at the Democractic National Convention, held in Chicago.
The article was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association, more formally referred to as the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York.
Chicago Chronicle. (Chicago, IL)
[Albany, N.Y.] : [Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York]
[Circa 1896-1900]
2 p.
English
DOCU.1000.63
Flier : Which side are you on? Empire State Campaign Committee. [1915]
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Empire State Campaign Committee
Neylan, John Francis, 1885-1960
Taylor, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1858-1941
Voting
Women--Suffrage--California
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Women--Suffrage--New York
Reprints statements in support of woman suffrage from Congressman Edward T. Taylor of Colorado and John Francis Neyian, Chairman State Board of Control, Sacramento, California.
The Empire State Campaign Committee was a coalition of organizations, including the Women's Suffrage Party, the Women's Suffrage Association, the Women's Political Union and other similar organizations, headed by Carrie Chapman Catt. It was created to bring New York women together in support of the state woman suffrage amendment. The New York referendum was defeated in 1915 but passed two years later in November 1917.
Empire State Campaign Committee
New York : Empire State Campaign Committee
[1915]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1915.34
Clipping : "Democrats Seek votes of Women / Wilson managers plan campaign in six woman suffrage states." [August 12, 1912]
Elections
Political campaigns
Voting
Women--Suffrage--California
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Women--Suffrage--Idaho
Women--Suffrage--Utah
Women--Suffrage--Washington
Women--Suffrage--Wyoming
Brief article about efforts to gain women voters for Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign in the six woman suffrage states: California, Wyoming, Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho.
The newspaper is not identified. The year is written on the clipping.
[1912-08-12]
English
Clipping : "California's First Jury of Women Only." [November 13, 1911]
Judicial proceedings--1910-1920
Juries--1910-1920
Jury Duty
Women--Clothing & dress--1910-1920
Photograph with caption:
"Photograph of women who tried and acquitted editor accused of violating law in his publication. The Court allowed the jurywomen to wear their hats."
The newspaper is not identifed and the date is written on the clipping.
11/13/11
English
Los Angeles, California
Envelope : Department of Woman Suffrage, Trend Magazine Publishing Company, New York, to Mrs. Ellen J. McHenry, Berkeley, California. March 16, 1914
Authors and publishers
McHenry, Ellen J. (Metcalf), 1827-1922
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women authors
Ellen McHenry was an author and a life member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
The Trend was a monthly periodical published by The Trend Magazine Publishing Company. It was intended to appeal to the general reader, and included literature, biographical sketches, short stories, political articles, poems, etc.
Trend Magazine Publishing Company
New York : Trend Magazine Publishing Co.
1914-03-16
English
DOCU.1914.06