Postcard : Now what would you do in a case like this? [Circa 1909-1910]
Anti-suffrage
Father and child
Gender role
Husband and wife
Infants
Marriage
Nursing
Social role
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Part of a series of postcards, this card is labeled Series 680. The color illustration shows a man, wearing a nurse's bonnet feeding a baby through a tube. A woman can be seen through a window marching with a "vote for women" placard.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Mr. A. Monhof 1410 N. 59th St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and postmarked November 21, 1910. The message reads:
Dearie Daddie: / Know of very little to write. This card will hold it all. Am in best of health. More later. 1000 kisses & love to all. / Your 'Little Boy' / August M. Jr."
[Circa 1909-1910]
Circular : Do teachers need the ballot? / by Alice Stone Blackwell. 1913
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950
Education
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Pay equity
Teachers--Salaries, etc.
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
Alice Stone Blackwell discusses the the amount of money appropritated for education and the difference in teacher's salaries in suffrage versus non-suffrage states.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement, were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913-1915]
2 p.
English
DOCU.1000.110
Pamphlet : The Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia Constitution and By-Laws. 1912
By-laws
Constitution
Equal Franchise Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Constitution and by-laws for the Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Equal Franchise Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia : The Equal Franchise Society of Pennsylvania
1912
24 p.
English
DOCU.1912.13
Leaflet : Women and the liquor traffic : why female suffrage would not aid the cause of prohibition. April 4, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Gambling--Law and Legislation
Prohibition
United States--New York--Albany
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women--Suffrage--Wyoming
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 "E.S.C." The author argues that granting women the right to vote will do nothing to further the enforcement of "legislation aimed at the betterment of the human race," including prohibition and gambling laws.
The letter has been 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.
E.S.C.
[Albany, N.Y.] : [Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York]
[Circa 1896-1900]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1000.51
Letter : Lucy K. Miller, Acting President, Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association, to Mrs. A.A. Holden, York Pennsylvania. October 18, 1917
Brodbeck, Andrew, 1860-1937
Holden, Mrs. Amasa A.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Woman's Party
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
Picketing
Sleichter, Mary
Women--Suffrage--Maine
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Women--Suffrage--New York
Miller thanks Holden for a recent letter she forwarded from Congressman Brodbeck and mentions the negative impact the National Woman's Party pickets are having on the entire movement.
In 1917, the National Woman's Party, founded by Alice Paul, targeted the President and Congress by staging protests at the gates of the White House every day to garner nationwide attention on the suffrage movement and fight for a federal suffrage amendment. The nonviolent protests ultimately led to attacks, arrest, imprisonment and force-feeding of the women. The National American Woman Suffrage Association and its affiliates were vocal in condemning the pickets and demonstrating ongoing support of the government and President Wilson.
Miller, Lucy K.
1917-10-18
1 p.
English
DOCU.1917.25
Clipping : "7000 Gather in and Around Metropolitan Opera House to Hear Women Leaders Sound Suffrage Appeal." November 25, 1912
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
Crane, Caroline Bartlett, 1858-1935
Lathrop, Julia Clifford, 1858-1932
National American Woman Suffrage Association. Convention
Publicity
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Full page series of articles on the 44th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention held in Philadelphia November 21-26, 1912. Articles detail speeches by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, and Jane Addams and Julia Lathrop, of Chicago, who spoke on women's suffrage to more than 5,000 people in Metropolitan Opera House.
11/25/12
English
Flier : The Liberty Bell. Two Messages Liberty and Justice. [1915]
Advertising, Political--United States
Liberty Bell
Political campaigns
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Advertisement for the Liberty Bell Campaign by the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association. This campaign was created to lobby for a state suffrage referendum in 1915. Suffragists commissioned a replica of the Liberty Bell, known as the "Justice Bell." The "Justice Bell" toured Pennsylvania with its clapper chained to its side. The clapper would not ring until women won the vote. The suffrage referendum did not pass in 1915.
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
1915
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1915.14
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Public Ledger. (Philadelphia, Pa.) Vol. 169, no. 147. August 18, 1920
Constitutional amendments--Ratification
Cox, James M. (James Middleton), 1870-1957
Frierson, William L., 1868-1953
North Carolina. General Assembly
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Newspapers.
Tennessee. General Assembly
Walker, Seth M., 1892-1951
Women--Suffrage--North Carolina
Women--Suffrage--Tennessee
This issue contains the article: "Tennessee Vote Last Suffrage Chance for Year / Final action, Probable Today, Prevented Yesterday by Unexpected Adjournment / Winning Side Likely to Get at Least 50 votes / North Carolina Senate Postpones Settlement Until the Session of 1921."
In Tennessee, the lower House of the Tennessee legislature adjourned after three hours of debate with a final vote expected the following day. The article discusses the number of votes required to pass the amendment.
In the Tennessee General Assembly there was also a debate on whether or not the legislature has the right to act on ratification at all since a clause of the state constitution provides that in order for the legislature to pass a proposed amendment, the group must have been elected prior to the submission of the amendment by Congress.
The author also mentions the vote in the North Carolina General Assembly to table the amendment until the next regular session in 1921.
The author incorrectly refers to the Speaker of the House as "Speaker Walton." His last name is Walker.
Philadelphia, Penn. : Public Ledger Co.
1920-08-18
English
Text
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Liberty Bell watch fob. [1915]
Advertising, Political--United States
Liberty Bell
Political campaigns
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Brass watch fob shaped like the Liberty Bell (no attached strap). On the back are the words "Woman's Liberty Bell-Justice-Equality 1915 Pennsylvania."
This piece was created during the Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Campaign to pass a state suffrage referendum in 1915. Suffragists forged a replica of the Liberty Bell, known as the Justice Bell. The Justice Bell toured Pennsylvania with its clapper chained to its side. The clapper would not ring until women won the vote.
Newark, N.J. : Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)
[1915]
MEMR.1915.12
Pinback button : Ballots for Both. [1916]
Advertising, Political--United States
Buttons
Campaign buttons
Campaign insignia
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Political campaigns
Suffragists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Blue on gold celluloid pinback demands votes for both men and women.
The slogan was created by Dr. Eleanor M. Hiestand-Moore of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The button was the winning entry in a contest to replace the slogan "Votes for Women," sponsored by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
There is no manufacturer information printed on the back of the button.
[1916]
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English
BUTN.1916.01