Appleton's Journal : a magazine of general literature. Volume 1,. No. 20-With Supplement. August 14, 1869
Mother and child
Poetry
Voting
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.
Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1923, author
New York : D. Appleton and Company
1869-08-14
English
Article on woman suffrage introduced in the United States Senate by Hon. Thomas B. Catron, Senator from the state of New Mexico. February 19, 1917
Anti-suffrage
Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921
Constitutional amendments
Women--Suffrage--New Mexico
Article, written by Senator Thomas B. Catron, in opposition to a federal suffrage amendment.
Contents include:
Failure of women to vote when given the ballot
The women's vote for president
Taxation and woman suffrage
Prohibition and woman suffrage
Schools and playgrounds
Vice not suppressed where women vote
War and woman suffrage
Wage-earning women and woman suffrage
Woman suffrage undemocratic
Woman suffrage not an inherent right
Women as office seekers
Rural communities and woman suffrage
Women as jurors in woman suffrage states
Feminism and socialism
Woman suffrage and divorce
Woman suffrage unjust
Population, not territory, counts
High cost of woman suffrage
Defeats of woman suffrage
Opinions of eminent men against woman suffrage.
Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921
Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office
1917
16 p.
English
DOCU.1917.12
Article on woman suffrage introduced in United States Senate by Hon. James E. Martine, Senator from the state of New Jersey. February 25, 1915
Senator James Martine, of New Jersey presents an article from the District of Columbia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage presenting with facts on the negative impact of women voters in states where women were granted the right to vote.
The essay addresses the impact of woman suffrage on taxation, prohibition, schools, working women, war, rural communities, failure of women to vote when given the ballot, and the idea that woman suffrage is undemocratic.
Martine, James Edgar, 1850-1925
Washington, D.C. : [s.n.]
1915
DOCU.1915.11
14 p.
English
DOCU.1915.10
Black Hawk County [Iowa] Suffrage Campaign Committee, Rural School Contest. 1916
Black Hawk County (Iowa)
Black Hawk County Suffrage Campaign Committee
Cedar Falls (Iowa)
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Survey
Voting--Iowa
Women--Suffrage--Iowa
Terms for a contest sponsored by the Black Hawk Country Suffrage Campaign Committee for the "rural school puils of Black Hawk County who will write the best letters containing the greatest number of best reasons why women should be given the privilege to vote." The Committee offered cash prizes to the the five best letters and the ten second best letters.
This page, along with a letter to the recipient, were enclosed in an envelope from Cedar Falls, Iowa to Miss Loraney Smith, Jesup, Iowa, March 21, 1916. See item #
1916-03
1 p.
English
DOCU.1916.08
Black Hawk County (Iowa)
Broadside : As man to man. Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. [1915]
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Voting
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
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 became the eighth state to ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[1915]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1915.33
Broadside : Be A Vote-Booster! [1924]
League of Women Voters of the City of New York
United States--New York
Voter registration
Voting
Women--Suffrage--New York
In preparation for the 1924 elections, the New York League of Women Voters distributed this informational flier to educate and encourage women to register to vote in time for the November 4 elections.
League of Women Voters of the City of New York
New York : League of Women Voters of the City of New York
[1924]
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1924.03
Broadside : Election Day. Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. November 7, 1911
Election Day
Elections
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Voting
Woman--Suffrage--Massachusetts
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 moral conditions.
The flier notes Mary Schlesinger, President and Susan W. Fitzgerald, Secretary.
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
1911-11-07
1 p.
English
DOCU.1911.02
Massachusetts
Broadside : Twelve reasons why women should vote. [Circa 1915-1917]
Children's rights
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Women--Employment
Women--Suffrage--New York
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.
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[Circa 1915-1917]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1000.30
Broadside : What every woman knows. New York State Woman Suffrage Party. [1917]
Elections
Farmers' wife
Husband and wife
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
United States--New York--New York
Voting
Women--Suffrage--New York
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.
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[1917]
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1917.40
Button and Ribbon : I cast my first vote. [1920]
Buttons
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Political campaigns
Ribbons
United States--Pennsylvania--Lancaster
Gold fabric-covered button with attached gold ribbon, both with black printed text.
The pin reads: "Under the 19th amendment I cast my first vote Nov. 2nd, 1920."
The ribbon reads: "Harding Coolidge the straight Republican ticket Lancaster, Pa."
[1920]
English
MEMR.1920.01
Lancaster, Pennsylvania