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Flier : Six reasons why farmers' wives should vote. [1915]
Pro-suffrage arguments directed to farmers and farmers' wives in an attempt to educate specifc groups on why women's suffrage is important and how it will directly and positively impact their business.
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.
Leaflet : To women voters.
Published by the Dulwich Conservative Association of England after the passage of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification. The Act also gave the vote to all men…
Postcard : I'm wedded to the cause. [Circa 1905-1915]
Illustration of a boy proposing to a girl, wearing a "Votes for Women" ribbon and pointing to the banner she is holding with the slogan, "Give us the vote."
Etching : The rights of women, or the effects of female enfranchisement. 1853
Extracted from the artist, George Cruikshank's, "The Comic Almanack" for 1853, this pro-suffrage cartoon was originally the folded frontispiece of the publication. In it, a crowd of men and women surround the platform holding "The Ladies Candidate"…
The Harvard Lampoon. Series II, Vol. VIII. October 17, 1884
Issue of The Harvard Lampoon featuring a cartoon reprinted from the XXXX, entitled, "The Woman's Rights Party will make great efforts to bring out their vote on Nov. 4th." The cartoon shows a group of men and women standing in line to vote. The…
Appleton's Journal : a magazine of general literature. Volume 1,. No. 20-With Supplement. August 14, 1869
Appleton's Journal features a cover illustration entitled "Will she vote?" (see page 614), of a woman holding a baby. The illustration accompanies a poem written by Edgar Fawcett with the same title.
Leaflet : The woman suffrage vote; an analysis of it by the Man Suffrage Association. December 4, 1895. [Circa 1895-1900]
Letter written "to the people of Massachusetts" by Francis C. Lowell, Chairman, and Charles R. Saunders, Secretary, of the Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association. The letter analyzed the results of the 1895 non-binding referendum concerning municipal…
Leaflet : Woman's demand for suffrage : unwieldy millions already and ignorance sufficiently cumbersome. April 25, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "E.S.C." The author argues that adding women voters to an unwieldy group of people already unqualified to vote would be further detrimental to the nation.
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Leaflet : Do not want the ballot : a correspondent who is opposed to making them voters. March 22, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York times by author identified only as "E.S.C." The author argues that if granted the right to vote, women would not use it and it would only cause them physical discomfort. He or she also says that women's votes will…