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PERI-1869-03 Appletons Journal Will She Vote 1869-0814 .JPG
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.

PERI-1884-01 Harvard Lampoon Womans Rights Party 1884-1017.JPG
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…

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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"…

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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."

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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…

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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.

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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.

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Reprints statements in support of woman suffrage from Congressman Edward T. Taylor of Colorado and John Francis Neyian, Chairman State Board of Control, Sacramento, California.

The Empire State Campaign Committee was a coalition of organizations,…

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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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Small white card with blue print containing the statement urging support for the suffrage amendment.

The Empire State Campaign Committee was a coalition of organizations, including the Women's Suffrage Party, the Women's Suffrage Association, the…
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