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Published around the time of the November 1911 elections, the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association points out the types of laws related to "woman's sphere" that men are elected to make and enforce, including child labor, schools, milk supply, and…

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Argues that men are primarily concerned with their interests and do not represent women's interests.

Massachusetts voters rejected the referendum in November 1915, along with New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts…

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Flier listing objections to woman's suffrage and responses to refute those statements, "People Say . . . We Say . . . "

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Questions and answers addressing marital rights,child custody rights, property rights, taxation, education, whether women would vote if granted the privilege, and why women want to vote.

The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a…

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Flier argues that wives are partners to their husband's in the home and should also be able to vote as partners.

Issued in advance of the 1917 election when New York women were granted the right to vote.

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Reproductions of drawings by Paul Plaschke, James North, and Arthur Racey originally published in the Louisville Post, Tacoma Daily Ledger, and Montreal Star.

"When The Women Vote" by Paul Plaschke shows a woman approaching a small house on…

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Matted, hand colored lithograph.

This cartoon, originally published in Punch Magazine in 1905, depicts a well-dressed woman being addressed by a man, a 'qualified voter', who points out that while she may pay taxes and have responsibilities, she…

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Advertisement in Vogue magazine by the Republican National Committee, encouraging women voters to vote the Republican ticket for President, Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.

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Disputing the anti-suffrage argument that disastorous results would following granting votes to women, Reynolds compares Idaho, which granted suffrage in 1896, and Montana, which did not grant suffrage until 1914.

Minnie Reynolds was a civil…
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