Women --Congresses
Women --Social conditions --Congresses
Women--History--Congresses]]>
Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920]]>
The Woman's Advocate. Vol. 1, no. 5, May 1869]]> DeForest, Jane O., 1839-1976
Gage, Frances Dana, 1808-1884
Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898
Hanaford, Phebe A. (Phebe Ann), 1829-1921
Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897
Littlefield, Louisa J.G.
Perry, Nora, 1831-1896
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Whipple, Content
Women--Suffrage--Periodicals]]>

This issue included essays and articles by Nora Perry, Frances D. Gage, Jane O. DeForest, Louisa J.G. Littlefield, M.E.J. Gage, Phebe A. Hanaford, Content Whipple, W.J. Linton, M.W. Campbell, and Lucy Stone.]]>
Burlingame, M.F.
DeForest, Jane O., 1839-1976
Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897
Perry, Nora, 1831-1896
Safford, Mary J. (Mary Jane), -1891
Women--Suffrage--Periodicals]]>

This issue included essays and articles by Mary J. Safford, George S. Burleigh, C. Clark, Nora Perry, M.F. Burlingame, W.J. Linton, and Jane O. De Forest.]]>
Croly, J. C. (Jane Cunningham) , 1829-1901
Education
Home economics
Noyes, John Humphrey, 1811-1886
Oneida Community
Oneida Community -- Periodicals
Prisoners and prisons
Public Health
Wallingford Community
Women--Societies and clubs]]>

This issue contains an article written by Jane Cunningham Croly, entitled "A Woman's Parliament." Croly, an author and journalist, created the Women's Parliament in 1856, and in 1869, formed the women's club, Sorosis to seek "collective elevation and advancement." She went on to found the General Federation of Women's Clubs in 1890. In this appeal, Croly issues and invitation to a meeting to be held in New York in October 1869 to discuss the formation of a "legislative body of women to represent women upon all subjects of vital interest to themselves and their children."

Croly mentions issues of concern including public education, prisons and reformatory schools, hygienic and sanitary reforms, female labor, the Department of Domestic Economy, dishonesty in public life, and the function of the women's parliament. ]]>
Croly, J. C. (Jane Cunningham), 1829-1901, author]]>
Representative government and representation--Great Britain
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain]]>

The author describes the meaning of the word suffrage, the importance of recognizing the joint issues of taxation and representation, and the fact that women are classified with "paupers and lunatics."

The author encourages women to work hard for the right to vote and educate their male friends on these issues to spark a change in public opinion.]]>
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Recruiting
Women--Suffrage--Periodicals]]>

In this issue, articles included:
  • Why Should Women Vote?
  • Are women represented?
  • Men and women different
  • Women not represented in the laws
  • Is "influence" enough?
  • The ignorant vote, The foreign vote, Doubling the vote
  • Women still womanly
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Anti-suffrage literature
Ballot
Education of women
Immigrants
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.]]>

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.]]>
Women -- Education
Women -- Education (Higher)
Religion]]>

The Rev. Thomas Holmes, D.D. was a pastor and educator, who became the president of Union Christian College in Merom, Indiana from 1865 until 1875. The book also includes "The Philosophy of a True Life" the graduating essay of Miss Amanda Josephine Buff. ]]>
Education (Higher)
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Great Britain
Women's rights--Great Britain]]>
Smith, E.M.A.]]>