Poster Stamp : International Woman Suffrage Congress. Budapest. June 15-20, 1913
Budapest, Hungary
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Yellow, purple, and white stamp with an illustration of two women holding hands over the Earth.
The stamp was one of two created for the International Woman Suffrage Congress, held in Budapest, June 15-20, 1913.
1913
Poster Stamp : International Woman Suffrage Congress. Budapest. June 15-20, 1913
Budapest, Hungary
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Blue, pink, and white stamp with an illustration of two women holding hands over the Earth.
The stamp was one of two created for the International Woman Suffrage Congress, held in Budapest, June 15-20, 1913.
1913
Clipping : "Woman suffrage declared a failure." The Literary Digest. April 12, 1924
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964
Blair, Emily Newell, 1877-1951
Bondfield, Margaret, 1873-1953
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Jewson, Dorothy, 1884-1964
Marjory, Duchess
Nolan, Mae Ella Hunt, 1886-1973
Philipson, Mabel Russell, 1887-1951
Russell, Charles Edward, 1860-1941
Shuler, Marjorie
Stewart-Murray, Katharine
United States. Congress. House
Wintringham, Margaret, 1879-1955
Women--Political activity--Great Britain
Women--Political activity--United States
Women politicians
Woodhouse, Vera, Lady Terrington 1889-1973
Clipping from the Literary Digest suggests that women in the United States are apathetic about public affairs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, and several woman suffrage supporters provide a rebuttal.
Includes photographs of Congresswoman Mae Hunt Nolan with her daughter, and female British members of Parliament.
New York : Literary Digest
1924-04-12
2 p.
English
New York (N.Y.)
House of Representatives report : Woman Suffrage. December 15, 1916
Constitutional amendments
States' rights (American politics)
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Series: House of Representatives, 64th Congress, 2d Session, Report 1216, Parts 1 and 2.
The first, submitted by the Committee on the Judiciary on December 15, 1916, contains no recommendation on the woman suffrage amendment.
The second, submitted on January 10, 1917, contains the "Views of the Minority" urging passage of the woman suffrage amendment.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Washington, D.C. : G.P.O.
1916-1917
9 p.
English
DOCU.1916.13
Leaflet : What President Wilson Says. 1917
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Crabtree, W. R.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
This leaflet quotes Wilson on five occasions endorsing suffrage for women, and encourages peopole to work for and vote for the New York Woman Suffrage Amendment on November 6, 1917.
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
1917
4 p.
English
DOCU.1917.27
Pamphlet : Address of May Wright Sewall, president of the National Council of Women at the opening of the second triennial session of the National Council of Women, Washington, D.C. February 18, 1895.
National Council of Women of the United States. Convention
Sewall-May Wright 1844-1920
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Women -- United States -- Congresses
Women's rights -- United States -- Congresses
The National Council of Women of the United States was founded in 1888 as a part of the International Council of Women, a new organization intended to establish connections between women's rights organizations across the world. May Wright Sewall was the second president of the National Council of Women of the United States, following Frances E. Willard.
In her address, Sewall discusses the Council's efforts on behalf of women to reform divorce laws and work for equal pay for equal work by the Government.
Sewall-May Wright 1844-1920
Washington, D.C. : Stormont & Jackson, Printers
1895
32 p.
English
DOCU.1895.01
February 18, 1895 to March 2, 1895
Senate report : Hearing before the Committee on Woman Suffrage. January 28, 1896
Blake, Lillie Devereux, 1833-1913
Constitutional amendments
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
Speeches, addresses, etc.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Woman Suffrage
Women --Legal status, laws, etc.
54th Congress, 1st Session; Document No. 157
Introduced by Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, the document details remarks by Elizabeth D. Bacon, Connecticut; Mary E. Marehand Milligan, Delaware; Ellen Powell Thompson, District of Columbia; Mrs. Frank L. Hubbard, Illinois; Sarah Clay Bennett, Kentucky; Caroline Miller, Maryland; Lavina A. Hatch, Massachusetts; May Stocking Knaggs, Michigan, Julia B. Nelson, Minnesota; Mrs. V. Conkling Whitney, Missouri; Mary D. Hussey, New Jersey; Marianna W. Chapman, New York; Helen Morris Lewis, North Carolina; Mrs. Southard, Oklahoma; Lucretia L. Blankenburg, Pennsylvania; Mary N. Chase, Vermont; Orra Langhorne, Virginia; Virginia D. Young, South Carolina; Lillie Devereux Blak, New York;
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Woman Suffrage
[Washington, D.C. : G.P.O.]
1896-03-10
23 p.
English
DOCU.1896.04
Joint letter: Carrie Chapman Catt, Empire State Campaign Committee, and Harriet Stanton Blatch, Women's Political Union, on behalf of all organized suffragists in New York State to the members of the [NY] platform committee and democratic conference
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Clark, Champ, 1850-1921
Constitutional Amendments
National American Woman Suffrage Association
State action (Civil rights)--United States
Suffrage--United States--New York
Suffrage--United States--Pennsylvania
Thomas, Charles S. (Charles Spalding), 1849-1934
United States. Congress--Resolutions
Women's Political Union (New York, N.Y.)
The letter references recent activity in Pennsylvania toward woman suffrage and requests a resolution be added to the New York democratic platform advocating for a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote.
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 1856-1940
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women's Political Union (New York, N.Y.)
1914-08-22
1 p.
English
ALMS.1914.01
New York
House of Representatives report : Harriet Tubman. 1874
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women
Series: 43rd Congress, 1st Session, Report no. 787
Submitted by Mr. Gerry W. Hazelton from the Committee on War-Claims made to accompany Bill H.R. 3786. The bill would appropriate $2,000 to Harriet Tubman for services to the Union Army as a scout, spy and nurse. The bill was defeated.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on War Claims
Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office
1874-06-22
1 p.
English
ALMS.1874.02
Washington, D.C.
Senate Report: Mr. Edmunds submitted the following report to accompany bill S. 391 to enable Susan B. Anthony to pay a fine imposed upon her by the district court for the northern district of New York . . . Views of the minority . . . .1874
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Series: 43rd Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 472
The Committee on the Judiciary recommended that the petition be discharged and the bill postponed indefinitely due to a lack of Congressional authority on the matter.
Carpenter, Matthew Hale, 1824-1881
[Washington, D.C. : The Senate]
1874-06-20
12 p.
English
ALMS.1874.01
Washington, D.C.