Card : Women vote in half the territory of the United States. Why not in New York? Join the majority. Vote yes on the woman suffrage amendment. [Empire State Campaign Committee]. November 2, 1915
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Empire State Campaign Committee
Voting
Women--Suffrage--New York
Small white card with blue print containing the statement urging support for the suffrage amendment.
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]
[Empire State Campaign Committee]
1915
English
DOCU.1915.32
Postcard : Opposition card addressed to the Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee. 1915
Anti-suffrage
Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee
Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Postcard to the Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee for sender to voice opposition the proposed amendment granting women the right to vote.
The measure failed to pass in 1915. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts became the eighth state to ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.
[Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women]
1915
1 card
English
DOCU.1915.12
Flier : Women vote in the yellow states, why not in the state of Massachusetts? 1915
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Presidents--Election
Referendum
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Color flier speaks directly to the men of Massachusetts and argues that Massachusetts women should have the same right to vote for President as the women in the twelve states that granted women suffrage. Small map along the top indicates the states that have full suffrage, partial suffrage, presidential suffrage, and "man suffrage."
Massachusetts voters rejected the referendum, along with New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts became the eighth state to ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.
[Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association]
[Boston, Mass] : [Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association]
[1915]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1915.30
Boston, Massachusetts
Leaflet : "Women have no time for politics" Vote to give HER the ballot in Michigan. [1912]
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Homemakers
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Politics and government
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Series of fliers urging voters to grant women the vote in Michigan in the upcoming election. The fliers compares the amount of time women spend out of the house working to the amount of time she would spend on politics and argues for suffrage as a way to bring a positive force into politics.
[Michigan Equal Suffrage Association]
[Michigan Equal Suffrage Association]
1912
3 p.
English
DOCU.1912.15
Leaflet : Suggestions for election district captains. [1917]
Elections
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Suffrage--New York
Leaflet provides instructions for election district captains in advance of the 1917 election in New York. It was most likely issued by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
[National American Woman Suffrage Association]
1917
4 p.
English
DOCU.1917.39
Leaflet : Woman suffragists' weakness. April 11, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Catt, George William, 1860-1905
Elections
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York (State). Legislature
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author argues against granting New York suffragists the oppotunity to present a bill allowing the "present voting population of the State to vote upon the question of woman suffrage." He or she cites a statistic attributed to Carrie Chapman Catt's husband, George Catt, that there are only 1,600 organized suffragists total out of a white population of 6,000,000.
The letter was most likely 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.
A.P.P.
[Albany, N.Y.] : [Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York]
[1896]
2 p.
English
DOCU.1896.06
Leaflet : Woman suffrage not demanded : the petition for it not honestly signed and not representative. March 14, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Elections
New York (State). Legislature
Petitions
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
Letter to the editor of the New York times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author accuses New York suffragists are misrepresenting the number of signatures gathered on petitions in favor of women's suffrage. He or she also argues that suffragists do not represent the will of the people as they so often argue because there are far more women opposed to suffrage in the state than there are women in favor of suffrage.
The letter 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.
A.P.P.
[Albany, N.Y.] : [Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York]
[Circa 1896-1900]
3 p.
English
DOCU.1000.55
Pamphlet : Women and Citizenship. 1918
Albany County Republican Committee
Citizenship
Elections
Party affiliation
Republican Party (New York, N.Y.)
United States--New York--Cohoes
United States--New York--Albany
United States--New York--Watervliet
Women--Suffrage--New York
Flier with information for women voters, granted the right to vote in New York in 1917, to encourage them to participate in open enrollment day to formally choose a political party affiliation. The flier discusses the meaning of citizenship and voting, and the state voter regulations.
Albany County Republican Committee
Albany, N.Y. : Albany County Republican Committee
[1918]
12 p.
English
DOCU.1918.09
New York
Leaflet : A suffrage lesson. January 27, 1897. [Circa 1897-1900]
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Elections
United States--New York--Albany
Voting
Women--Social and moral questions
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Women--Suffrage--New York
Reprint of an article from the Albany Evening Journal about women's suffrage in Colorado. The author quotes from an article in the Pittsburgh Chronicle questioning the ethics of women voters.
Most likely reprinted for distribution by the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York.
Albany Evening Journal. (Albany [N.Y.])
[Albany, N.Y.] : [Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York]
[Circa 1897-1900]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1000.67
Postcard : Les femmes veulent voter! Union Francaise pour le Suffrage des Femmes. [1909]
Ballots
Elections
French Union for Woman Suffrage
Voting
Women--Suffrage--France
Published by the French Union for Woman Suffrage, this is an illustration of women in line to cast their ballots at a polling station. The woman at the front is inserting her ballot into the box. Behind her is a woman holding a baby, followed by women holding up their hands and ballots.
The sign on the ballot box specifies objectives against alcohol, slums and war.
On reverse : Anciens Eta Le Deley, Paris
B. Chavannez
French Union for Woman Suffrage
[1909]
English
DOCU.1909.10
France