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Clipping : "Suffrage Recruiting Sergeants." [April 25, 1912]
Photograph with caption:
"The woman suffragists have taken a leaf out of the book of the United States Army and have set up recruiting stations in New York parks for the coming suffrage parade. The Station shown in the picture is situated in City…
"The woman suffragists have taken a leaf out of the book of the United States Army and have set up recruiting stations in New York parks for the coming suffrage parade. The Station shown in the picture is situated in City…
Clipping : "Suffragettes' Big Gathering Proves Fiasco / 50 women are arrested while attempting meeting in Parliament Square." [March 5, 1912]
News article about a suffrage demonstration held in London only a few days after 142 women were arrested for smashing shop windows in London's West End. The article discusses the demonstration and the arrest of 50 women, and also the separate raids…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Get 4 Months Each in Jail / Mrs. Pankhurst, Mrs. Tukes and Mrs. Marshall Sentenced for Stone Throwing." [March 2, 1912]
News article details the sentencing of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mabel Tuke, and Kitty Marshall for smashing two of the windows of the Prime Minister's residence. While Scotland Yard was preparing for a suffrage demonstration scheduled for the following…
Clipping : "Why are women not allowed to stay at polls? Suffrage assn. urges the election inspectors to read laws." [The Bay City Tribune.] [1912]
News article about efforts by members of the Bay County Equal Suffrage Association to force election inspectors to review state laws to confirm the rights of women in Michigan to be represented at every polling precinct throughout the county.
Clipping : "Suffrage Notes." [Charlotte Tribune.] [Circa 1912]
Column, entitled "Suffrage Notes." The author describes a talk given by Herbert Miller, Professor of Sociology at Olivet College, in support of votes for women.
Clipping : "California's First Jury of Women Only." [November 13, 1911]
Photograph with caption:
"Photograph of women who tried and acquitted editor accused of violating law in his publication. The Court allowed the jurywomen to wear their hats."
The newspaper is not identifed and the date is written on the…
"Photograph of women who tried and acquitted editor accused of violating law in his publication. The Court allowed the jurywomen to wear their hats."
The newspaper is not identifed and the date is written on the…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Fight Policemen All Night / Send Augustine Birrell to bed badly crippled and beaten, smash many windows." [November 23, 1910]
Account of rioting by suffragists in England, where women stormed the home of Prime Minister Asquith, smashed windows in the homes of members of Parliament, and attacked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Augustine Birrell. 156 women were reportedly…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Mob Premier Asquith / Hundred women arrested during riot following assault on prime minister." [November 23, 1910]
Account of attack on the Prime Minister H.H. Asquith by suffragists following a session in the House of Commons where he made a campaign promise to postpone discussion of a suffrage bill until the next parliament. Rioting and violence continued…
Clipping : "Petticoat War Again in England / Militant Suffragettes Reopen Hostilities on Houses of Parliament and furnish Amusement of Some of the U.S. Sailors." [November 18, 1910]
Account of a suffrage demonstration on Parliament in England led by Emmeline Pankhurst. 82 suffragists and supporters were arrested after bypassing a police cordon and making it to Prime Minister Asquith to demand introduction of the woman suffrage…
Clipping : "A Question for Women." [November 4, 1910]
Brief article about the amount of women who want the right to vote versus those who are opposed. The author argues that the number of women opposed to the woman suffrage amendment is larger than those who support the amendment.