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Leaflet : What good will suffrage do them? Committee on protest against women suffrage. [Circa 1896-1900]
Article written published by the Committee on Protest against Woman Suffrage of the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York, argues that women will not necessarily be better off if they are granted…
Leaflet : Why suffrage would not help women : 'E.S.C.' thinks those taxpayers would be worse off than now. February 29, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York times by author identified only as "E.S.C." The author attempts to refute the suffragists' argument that taxation without representation is unjust.
The letter was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage…
The letter was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage…
Leaflet : Woman has many advantages : what she would lose should her demand for equal rights be granted : to the editor of the New York times. March 28, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author argues that if women are granted equal rights, they may lose many of the rights they have already gained, including property, guardianship of children,…
Leaflet : Woman suffrage : one of the grievances of the leading advocates therof. June 4, 1897. [Circa 1897-1900]
Reprint of an article from the Morning Enquirer of Buffalo, New York, in which the author discusses the fact that suffrage leaders are frustrated by the lack of support from noted literary women, including Gail Hamilton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and…
Leaflet : Woman suffrage and wages : will the ballot help women more than it does men. March 7, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York times by author identified only as "E.S.C." The author makes the claim that women's wages and working conditions will not necessarily improve if they are granted the vote.
The letter was reprinted by the Albany…
The letter was reprinted by the Albany…
Leaflet : Woman suffrage not demanded : the petition for it not honestly signed and not representative. March 14, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author accuses New York suffragists are misrepresenting the number of signatures gathered on petitions in favor of women's suffrage. He or she also argues that…
Leaflet : Woman suffrage. / by Jane C. Harvey. November 29, 1895. [Circa 1895-1900]
Essay written by Jane C. Harvey, of Tacoma, Washington in opposition to woman suffrage. The essay was most likely printed for distribution by the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York in Albany, New…
Leaflet : Woman suffragists' weakness. April 11, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author argues against granting New York suffragists the oppotunity to present a bill allowing the "present voting population of the State to vote upon the question…
Leaflet : Woman's demand for suffrage : unwieldy millions already and ignorance sufficiently cumbersome. April 25, 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 adding women voters to an unwieldy group of people already unqualified to vote would be further detrimental to the nation.
The letter was…
The letter was…
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…