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Tract : Woman's influence in politics. An address delivered by Henry Ward Beecher, at the Cooper institute, New York ... Feb. 2, 1860.
Series: Woman's Suffrage Tracts, No. 1
Beecher argues that women have natural gifts in the same way as men do and should be permitted to publicly exercise those gifts in the same way. He advocates for woman's suffrage, saying the woman's influence…
Beecher argues that women have natural gifts in the same way as men do and should be permitted to publicly exercise those gifts in the same way. He advocates for woman's suffrage, saying the woman's influence…
Memorial of Dr. Mary E. Walker, introduced in the Senate by Dr. Walker on January 16, 1873, and calling card. 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…
citizenship, guaranteed in by the…
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…
Senate Report: Mr. Edmunds submitted the following report to accompany bill S. 391 to enable Susan B. Anthony to pay a fine imposed upon her by the district court for the northern district of New York . . . Views of the minority . . . .1874
Series: 43rd Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 472
The Committee on the Judiciary recommended that the petition be discharged and the bill postponed indefinitely due to a lack of Congressional authority on the matter.
The Committee on the Judiciary recommended that the petition be discharged and the bill postponed indefinitely due to a lack of Congressional authority on the matter.
Joint letter: Carrie Chapman Catt, Empire State Campaign Committee, and Harriet Stanton Blatch, Women's Political Union, on behalf of all organized suffragists in New York State to the members of the [NY] platform committee and democratic conference
The letter references recent activity in Pennsylvania toward woman suffrage and requests a resolution be added to the New York democratic platform advocating for a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote.
Pamphlet : Do You Know? 1917
Blue and white pamphlet sealed with 1916 American Red Cross Christmas stamps, entitled "Do You Know?"
The pamphlet includes a list of facts detailing women's efforts to gain the right to vote throughout the country, and the reasons why women…
The pamphlet includes a list of facts detailing women's efforts to gain the right to vote throughout the country, and the reasons why women…
Pamphlet : Garden primer; how to plant and care for a vegetable garden. April 1917
Suffrage gardens were a popular technique to gather support for woman's suffrage in 1917.
This pamphlet was originally created by Mayor Mitchel's Food Supply Committee of New York City. The Albany Branch of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party…
This pamphlet was originally created by Mayor Mitchel's Food Supply Committee of New York City. The Albany Branch of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party…
Envelope : Miss Laura M. Bragg of Charleston, SC from Anita Pollitzer of New York, NY
Laura Bragg was a librarian, museum director and cultural leader in Charleston, South Carolina where she befriended, Anita Pollitzer, a women's rights leader active in the National Woman's Party. The two women were friends until Pollitzer's death in…
Pamphlet : A full pocket book of what great men and great women have thought of woman suffrage. [Circa 1900-1910]
Consists of quotes in support of woman suffrage from well-known public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, George William Curtis, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Julia Ward Howe, and Abraham Lincoln.
New York Woman Suffrage Association delegate ribbon : N.Y.W.S.A. 26th annual convention Ithaca. Souvenir of the 600,000 petition. 1894
Gold silk ribbon with rolled hem along the top edge and fringe along the bottom edge and black printed text.
The twenty-sixth New York Woman Suffrage Association's annual convention was held in Ithaca, New York, from November 12-14, 1894. Earlier…
The twenty-sixth New York Woman Suffrage Association's annual convention was held in Ithaca, New York, from November 12-14, 1894. Earlier…