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Broadside : Twelve reasons why women should vote. [Circa 1915-1917]
Contains twelve reasons why women should have the right to vote. This broadside was reprinted and distributed by many state organizations to lobby for state suffrage amendments.
Pamphlet : A new fashioned argument for woman suffrage. Address at the college evening of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Buffalo. October 17, 1908
Martha Carey Thomas was the second president of Bryn Mawr College from 1894 until 1922. In this address, she argues for financial and social equality for women. Thomas discusses the increasing presence of women in the workplace and that without the…
Circular : Living wages and the ballot. / by Dr. Raymond V. Phelan. [Circa 1913-1915]
Reprint of an essay written by Raymond Vincent Phelan. Phelan argues that wage-earning women need to be a part of the labor unions and the right to vote to give them the power to protect their interests.
The National American Woman Suffrage…
The National American Woman Suffrage…
Pamphlet : Women's votes and wages by F.W. Pethick Lawrence. [Circa 1911-1912]
Frederick Pethick Lawrence was a politician married to suffragist Emmeline Pethick. He became involved in the Labour Party and the Women's Social and Political Union.
In this article, Pethick Lawrence discusses the disparity in women's wages and…
In this article, Pethick Lawrence discusses the disparity in women's wages and…
Circular : Why the working woman needs the vote. / by Mrs. Mary Kenney O'Sullivan. [Circa 1913-1915]
O'Sullivan argues that wage-earning women need the right to vote to ensure equal pay for equal work and working men should also want women's suffrage to protect their interests against the threat of cheap labor by women and children.
The National…
The National…
Circular : Why the housekeeper needs the vote. / by Anne O'Hagan. [Circa 1913-1915]
Reprinted from Smith's Magazine, housekeeper, Anne O'Hagan argues that housekeepers and homemakers need the right to vote because of their concern for tenement house laws, safe and pure food laws, building codes, and other issues related to safety in…
Flier: Not at home. You were out today! New York State Woman Suffrage Party. Circa 1917
Series of statements about where women go during the day, including children's school, grocery store, buying clothes, and looking for employment, and how those places are under some type of political control. The final question is: "Who controls…
Flier : "Politics is man's business." Some political questions . . . Is politics woman's business, too? New York State Woman Suffrage Party [Circa 1914-1917]
Series of questions "all settled by politics and votes." The questions concerned issues that were considered of direct interest to women, including food safety regulation, education, child labor, protective labor legislation, mother's pensions, etc.
Flier: Not at home. You were out today! New York State Woman Suffrage Party. [Circa 1917]
Series of statements about where women go during the day, including children's school, grocery store, buying clothes, and looking for employment, and how those places are under some type of political control. The final question is: "Who controls…
Flier : Are you one of us? Industrial Section, New York State Woman Suffrage Party. [Circa 1914-1917]
Appeal to support the woman suffrage amendment on behalf of wage-earning women of the Industrial Section of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party.