The World’s Congress of Representative Women; a historical résumé for popular circulation of the World’s Congress of Representative Women, convened in Chicago on May 15, and adjourned on May 22, 1893, under the auspices of the Woman’s Branch of the World’s Congress Auxiliary, Mrs. Potter Palmer, president, Mrs. Charles Henrotin, vice-president.
Women --Social and moral questions
Women --Congresses
Women --Social conditions --Congresses
Women--History--Congresses
Table of Contents: Dedication. Announcement. List of illustrations. Preface. The Introduction Preparations. Education. Literature and the dramatic art. Science and religion. Charity, philanthropy, and religion. Moral and social reform. The civil and political status of women.- Civil law and government. Industries and occupations. The solidarity of human interests. Education and literature. Religion. Industrial, social, and moral reform. Orders, civil and political reform.
World's Congress of Representative Women (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
Sewall, May Wright, 1844-1920
Chicago, Rand, McNally & Company
1894
2 v. in 1 (xxiv, 952 p., [40] leaves of plates): ill.
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<div style="text-align:left;">The Woman's Advocate. Vol. 1, no. 5, May 1869</div>
Campbell, Margaret W.
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
The Woman's Advocate was among the first publications focused on issues related to women's equality. The mission of the Woman's Advocate was to "labor for the legal and political equality of women . . . . also consider the questions of woman's work, wages, education, and social status. It will record the progress of the cause abroad, and aim to be a faithful index of all important home movements." The publication was absorbed by the Woman's Journal in 1870.
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.
Tomlinson, William P. Editor and Proprietor
New York : William P. Tomlinson
1869-05
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The Woman's Advocate. Vol. 1, no. 6. June 1869
Burleigh, George S. (George Shepard), 1821-1903
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
The Woman's Advocate was among the first publications focused on issues related to women's equality. The mission of the Woman's Advocate was to "labor for the legal and political equality of women . . . . also consider the questions of woman's work, wages, education, and social status. It will record the progress of the cause abroad, and aim to be a faithful index of all important home movements." The publication was absorbed by the Woman's Journal in 1870.
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.
Tomlinson, William P. Editor and Proprietor
New York : William P. Tomlinson
1869-06
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PERI.1869.20
The Circular. Vol. 6, no. 22. August 16, 1869
Collective settlements -- United States -- Periodicals
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
The Oneida Community, founded by John Humphrey Noyes, was a religiously based, socialist group of about 250, dedicated to living as one family and to sharing all property, work, and love. The Community disbanded in 1880 and formed a corporation, Oneida Community Ltd which gained recognition for the tableware it produced. The Circular was created in 1851 and continued in several iterations until 1876, when the Community created a new periodical called the American Socialist.
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.
Oneida Community
Oneida, N.Y. : Oneida Community
1869-08-16
Noyes, John Humphrey, 1811-1886, editor
Croly, J. C. (Jane Cunningham), 1829-1901, author
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1864-1870
Leaflet : What is Women's Suffrage? 1898
London Society for Women's Suffrage
Representative government and representation--Great Britain
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Essay published by the London Society for Women's Suffrage about the definition of women's suffrage.
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.
Skinner, C.E.
[London] : London Society for Women's Suffrage
1898
4 p.
English
DOCU.1898.02
The Woman's Column. Vol. 16, No. 1. January 10, 1903.
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Recruiting
Women--Suffrage--Periodicals
This weekly paper was affiliated with the Woman's Journal and edited by Alice Stone Blackwell. The goal was to convert and recruit women to the cause. <br /><br />In this issue, articles included: <br /><ul><li>Why Should Women Vote?</li>
<li>Are women represented?</li>
<li>Men and women different</li>
<li>Women not represented in the laws</li>
<li>Is "influence" enough?</li>
<li>The ignorant vote, The foreign vote, Doubling the vote</li>
<li>Women still womanly</li>
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
Boston, Mass. : National American Woman Suffrage Association
1903-01-10
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950, Editor
4 p.
English
PERI.1903.01
1888-1904
Pamphlet : The blank-cartridge ballot. [Circa 1900]
African Americans--Suffrage
Anti-suffrage literature
Ballot
Education of women
Immigrants
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Rossiter Johnson was a prominent author and editor whose wife, Helen Kendrick Johnson, also a writer, was active in the anti-suffrage movement.
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.
Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931
New York, J.J. O'Brien & Son
15 p.
English
DOCU.1000.06
Address : Education of woman : baccalaureate address of Thomas Holmes, President of Union Christian College. 1874
Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Education
Women -- Education (Higher)
Religion
Inscribed with author's presentation slip: "To Miss Edna Farr compliments of Thomas Holmes"
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.
Holmes, Thomas, 1817-1913
Dayton, Ohio : Christian Publishing Association
1874
44 p.
English
DOCU.1874.02
Pamphlet : Julia Ward Howe by Ellen M. Mitchell. [1910]
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
Ellen Mitchell was a philosopher, educator, and reformer. She met Julia Ward Howe at the Concord School of Philosophy in 1879. When Howe died in 1910, Mitchell published this eulogy for her.
Mitchell, Ellen M., 1838-1920
[1910]
12 p.
English
DOCU.1902.04
Pamphlet : Women and citizenship : Papers read by Miss M.S. Kilgour and Miss E.M.A. Smith to the A.U.W.T. members on June 20th, 1908
Citizenship
Education (Higher)
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Great Britain
Women's rights--Great Britain
This pamphlet includes papers read by two women, Mary Stuart Kilgour and Miss E.M.A. Smith to members of the Association of University Women Teachers.
Kilgour, M. S. (Mary Stewart)
Smith, E.M.A.
London : Women's Printing Society
[1909]
8 p.
English
DOCU.1908.05