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Text of the resolution presented by Anna Parker Pruyn, President of the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association. Speaking on behalf of a group of women from New York, she argues against the "proposal to strike out the word 'male' in the constitutional…
Special Anti-suffrage page. [Circa 1897]
Special newspaper issued by the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York. It is a compilation of articles on the written about the anti-suffrage movement and the reasons for opposition to suffrage.…
Report of the Third Judicial District of New York State Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women, from May 1st, 1896, to May 1st, 1897. [1897]
Annual report of the Third Judicial District of the New York State Association Oppossed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women includes a summary of activities and a list of where letters and leaflets were sent throughout the year.
Postcard : Governor Hughes' Vetoes; the real Hughes and woman's rights. 1907
In 1907, Charles Evans Hughes, Governor of New York, vetoed a bill to provide equal pay to men and women holding the same position. This card comments on Hughes' veto of the equal pay bill and a teacher's retirement pension bill for the public…
Pamphlet : Women and Citizenship. 1918
Flier with information for women voters, granted the right to vote in New York in 1917, to encourage them to participate in open enrollment day to formally choose a political party affiliation. The flier discusses the meaning of citizenship and…
Pamphlet : Garden primer; how to plant and care for a vegetable garden. April 1917
Suffrage gardens were a popular technique to gather support for woman's suffrage in 1917.
This pamphlet was originally created by Mayor Mitchel's Food Supply Committee of New York City. The Albany Branch of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party…
This pamphlet was originally created by Mayor Mitchel's Food Supply Committee of New York City. The Albany Branch of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party…
Leaflet: Does suffrage work pay? February 14, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Reprint of an article from the Albany Evening Journal about the finances of the New York Woman Suffrage Association, including the salaries paid to organizers and legislative workers.
The article was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage…
The article was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage…
Leaflet : Wyoming. / by Mrs. W. Winslow Crannell. May, 1894. 1895
Essay written by Mrs. W. Winslow Crannell, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association, in opposition to the pro-suffrage argument that equal suffrage was a success in Wyoming.
Includes a list of the officers of…
Includes a list of the officers of…
Leaflet : Women's place and work. [Circa 1896-1900]
Essay written by an unidentified author who argues against women's suffrage and discusses the importance of gender roles,
The author makes reference to England and Prime Minister William Gladstone.
The author makes reference to England and Prime Minister William Gladstone.
Leaflet : Women and the liquor traffic : why female suffrage would not aid the cause of prohibition. April 4, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "E.S.C." The author argues that granting women the right to vote will do nothing to further the enforcement of "legislation aimed at the betterment of the human race," including…