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Broadside : To the 8,000,000 Working Women in the United States. [Circa 1915-1917]
Flier addresses working women and encourages them to unite for votes for women to ensure better working and living conditions. The title may be a reference to author Rheta Childe Dorr's, "What 8,000,000 Women Want."
Letter from Josephine Casey, Street Railway Employees' Union, [1915].
Letter from Josephine Casey, Street Railway Employees' Union, asking members to vote for women's suffrage during the New York referendum on November 2, 1915.
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
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…
Contents include:
Failure of women to vote when given the ballot
The women's vote for president
Taxation and woman suffrage
Prohibition and woman…
Leaflet : The bulwark of indifference. [Circa 1896-1900]
Article written by author identified only as "F.R.S." The author discusses the idea that women are indifferent to voting because of the expanded employment opportunities open to them and the fact that homemakers do not desire the vote.
Pamphlet : Why the home makers do not want to vote
The author makes the argument against women's suffrage that in order to preserve and advance family life and happiness in the home, women should focus entirely on their work in the home and leave political participation to the wage-earning…
Postcard : Is this right? [Circa 1907-1914]
Pro-suffrage postcard of a man, "Voter," and a woman standing in the rain at "the open market." The man is holding an umbrella labeled "Franchise." The woman has no umbrella and is carrying a large basket on her back.
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.
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Flier : Justice. Equality. Why Women Want to Vote. Women are citizens and wish to do their civic duty. [Circa 1915]
Flier lists reasons why working women, housekeepers, mothers, teachers, business women, tax-paying women, women of leisure, and all women need the right to vote.
Broadside : Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason Because… [Circa 1915]
Lists reasons why women want the right to vote, including the fact that they pay taxes, want to improve children's lives, want to improve conditions for women workers, they are consumers and need full representation, and women are citizens.
Broadside : Justice. Equality. Why Women Want to Vote. Women are citizens and wish to do their civic duty. [Circa 1910-1915]
Lists reasons why working women, housekeepers, mothers, teachers, business women, tax-paying women, women of leisure, and all women need the right to vote.
This broadside was created by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
This broadside was created by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.