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  • Collection: Periodicals

The Forerunner was a monthly journal on women's rights and related issues, edited (and mostly written) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Forerunner ran for seven volumes, starting with the November 1909 issue. The publication never paid for itself and…

PERI-1840-01a The Emancipator 1840-0312 above.jpg
The Emancipator was one of several publications by the American Anti-Slavery Society. First published in May 1833 in New York City, the title of the publication changed several times, as did its editors and publishers. When Joshua Leavitt became the…

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Pages 437-486, pulled from "The Delineator" magazine. The Delineator magazine ran from 1873 until 1937, and became one of the top women's magazines in the country.

Alexandra Gripenberg was an activist, editor, Honorary President of the first…

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This issue of the Dallas Morning News contains the article, "Suffragist Hopes Gone Glimmering / Only Miracle Seems Able to save Situation in Tennessee Legislature"

The author asserts that with North Carolina Senate postponing a vote on the…

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This issue contains the article: "Vote Delayed On Suffrage / Tennessee house Adjourns Unexpectedly with Both Sides Claiming Victory / Validity Also Target."
In Tennessee, the lower House of the Tennessee legislature adjourned after three hours of…

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The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
This issue includes a debate on an amendment to…

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The Oneida Community, founded by John Humphrey Noyes, was a religiously based, socialist group of about 250, dedicated to living as one family and to sharing all property, work, and love. The Community disbanded in 1880 and formed a corporation,…

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The large headline on the front page of the Boston Herald is "North Carolina puts suffrage over a year; Tennessee Acts Today."

"Enemies Force Adjournment at Nashville/ Claim Vote of 53 to 44 on Motion Shows Stand on Ratification/ Raleigh…

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1776 column about the relation between the right to vote and the constitution seems to appear in multiple issues; Letter from Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Letter from Susan B. Anthony; printed letters; "New Party in Massachusetts"; "Mrs. Longley Addresses…

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1776 Centennial column about the lack of progress in the suffrage movement, the values the constitution espouses and the need to fight (need to clarify this a little more); Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association and list of officers;…
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