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Leaflet : The bulwark of indifference. [Circa 1896-1900]
Article written by author identified only as "F.R.S." The author discusses the idea that women are indifferent to voting because of the expanded employment opportunities open to them and the fact that homemakers do not desire the vote.
Leaflet : Translated. Extracts from "Revue des deux Mondes," August, 1896." "L'Australie et la Nouvell-Zelande." "Les experiences sociales-Le feminisme"-par M. Pierre Le Roy Beaulieu. [Circa 1898-1900]
Extracts from an article written by M. Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu from the Revue des deux Mondes, a French literary and cultural affairs magazine, translated as "Australia and New Zealand. Social Experiences-Feminism"
Leaflet : Views on woman suffrage : reasons given by three eminent persons why women should not vote. [Circa 1898-1899]
Opinions and quotes opposed to woman suffrage by philosopher, Herbert Spencer, Bishop John Heyl Vincent, the co-founder of the Chautauqua Institution; and Quaker and statesman, John Bright.
Leaflet : Some of the reasons against woman suffrage / by Francis Parkman. [Circa 1895-1900]
Reprint of an essay written by historian and writer, Francis Parkman, originally published in 1884. Parkman offers reasons why women should not be permitted to vote, including health risks to women, the danger to popular government, and the idea that…
Leaflet : James T. Gardiner… [Circa 1896-1900]
James T. Gardiner, surveyor and engineer, provides his observations regarding the negative impact of women's suffrage in Leavenworth, Kansas. Kansas women were granted the right to vote in school district elections in 1861 and municipal elections in…
Leaflet : Prove all things : hold fast to that which is good / by An anti-suffragist. [Circa 1896-1900]
Article written by an author identified only as "an anti-suffragist." The title comes from a scription in the Bible, 1 Thessalonians 5:21."
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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…
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 : If women could vote! [Circa 1896-1900]
Essay written by an unidentified author who suggests that "giving of the suffrage to women would bring about civil discord." She or he argues that women have all of the rights they need and granting women the right to vote would do more harm than…
Leaflet : Bishop Seymour on the new woman : God created man and woman somewhat differently--the difference cannot be obliterated. [Circa 1896-1898]
Reprint of a statement given by Bishop George F. Seymour to a reporter from the Minneapolis Times about the way in which God made women and the negative implications of an idea such as "the new woman."
"The New Woman" was a term used toward the…
"The New Woman" was a term used toward the…