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Broadside : Letter from Gerrit Smith to Susan B. Anthony. February 5, 1873
Gerrit Smith was a social reformer in support of abolition, temperance, women's rights, and ecumenism. He utilized the broadside format to espouse his views and influence public opinion, and authorized printing of more than 600 broadsides in his…
Broadside : The Crowning Constitutional Argument. 1873
Mary Walker was a physician and social reformer from Oswego, New York. She believed in a suffrage strategy known as the "New Departure." Proponents of this strategy argued that voting was a natural right of citizenship, guaranteed in by the…
Circular : A few leading questions. [Circa 1913-1915]
Questions and answers addressing marital rights,child custody rights, property rights, taxation, education, whether women would vote if granted the privilege, and why women want to vote.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a…
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a…
Clipping : "The Crisis Today." The Bay City Times. 1913
The author discusses the woman suffrage amendment to be included in that day's election asks the question: "If woman is granted the franchise, what will she do with it?"
Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan in that election. Michigan women were…
Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan in that election. Michigan women were…
Flier : Have you ever thought why your mother, wife, sister and daughter are not allowed to vote? [1912]
Reprint of text originally written by Katharine Houghton Hepburn for the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
It was distributed by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Organization to lobby for the upcoming referendum on woman's suffrage. The…
It was distributed by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Organization to lobby for the upcoming referendum on woman's suffrage. The…
Leaflet : The Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore. Proposed amendment to the Baltimore City Charter. [Circa 1909-1910]
Language proposed by the Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore to give the right to vote to every Baltimore resident, male or female, over the age of 21, provided that they:
"possess any one of the following qualifications, to wit: (a) If such person…
"possess any one of the following qualifications, to wit: (a) If such person…
Letter : Membership appeal from the National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts, signed by the Standing Committee. [Circa 1882-1885]
Includes two documents: the letter and the Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association. It also includes the song lyrics to "Hark! The Sound of Myriad Voices" by Harriet H. Robinson, written for the first annual meeting of the Woman…
Life. Vol. 76, No. 1982. October 28, 1920
The cover features a drawing by Charles Dana Gibson entitled "Congratulations." In it, Lady Liberty shakes hands with a woman holding a ballot, congratulating her on winning the right to vote.
Life Magazine, Inc. was founded by John Ames Mitchell…
Life Magazine, Inc. was founded by John Ames Mitchell…