News article about a speech made by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale at the First Congregational Church in Bay City, Michigan. The article emphasizes her statements regarding anti-suffrage organization.
News article about the 45th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, hled at the Masonic Temple in Washington, D.C., November 29th to December 5th, 1913.
Full page series of articles on the 44th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention held in Philadelphia November 21-26, 1912. Articles detail speeches by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, and Jane Addams and Julia Lathrop,…
News article about the conclusion of the 45th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and those members left in Washington, D.C. to continue the work toward a federal consititutional amendment.
The first is an account of the House Committee on Rules session where Harriet Taylor Upton, president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, appeared to refute anti-suffragist remarks.
Article about the Illinois General Assembly granting women partial suffrage. On June 11, 1913, Illinois granted women the right to vote for presidential electors, mayor, and for all local offices not specifically named in the Illinois Constitution.…
This article, most likely from The Bay City Times in Michigan, makes reference to early calls for suffrage in Detroit, Michigan. The author mentions famed orator, Anna Dickinson and a debate on the subject of "Equal Suffrage" by the Adelphi Society.
The author discusses the woman suffrage amendment to be included in that day's election asks the question: "If woman is granted the franchise, what will she do with it?"
Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan in that election. Michigan women were…