Pamphlet : Do you know "all the reasons why the ballot should not be granted to women?" Here's the answer. 1915
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
United States --Pennsylvania --Harrisburg
Women --Suffrage --Pennsylvania
Sixteen pages are left blank.
This pamphlet was created to lobby for the upcoming suffrage referendum in Pennsylvania. Held November 2, 1915, Pennsylvania voters defeated the suffrage amendment by a margin of 55,000 (out of 800,000 votes cast).
In June 1919, Pennsylvania was among the first states to ratify the nineteenth amendment.
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
1915
16 [3] p.
English
DOCU.1000.02
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Pamphlet : Do You Know? 1917
Constitutional amendments
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
State action (Civil rights)--United States
States' rights (American politics)
Statistics
Taxation
Votes for women
Women--Social and moral questions
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's rights--New York (state)
Blue and white pamphlet sealed with 1916 American Red Cross Christmas stamps, entitled "Do You Know?"
The pamphlet includes a list of facts detailing women's efforts to gain the right to vote throughout the country, and the reasons why women should be granted the right to vote in New York's upcoming election on November 6, 1917.
New York voters passed the suffrage amendment by 102,353 votes. North Dakota, Ohio, Indiana, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Michigan, New York, and Arkansas all granted women suffrage in 1917.
Handwritten after the title are the words "without looking in" and on the back is written "or what the result will be? SBA"
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York, N.Y. : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
1917-02
12 p.
English
ALMS.1917.01
New York, New York
Letter : Maud Younger, Chairman of the Lobby Committee for the National Woman's Party, to Honorable Jas G. Strong, Blue Rapids, Kansas. November 9, 1918
Constitutional Amendments
Legislators--United States
Lobbying-Law and legislation
National Woman's Party
Women--Political activity
United States. Congress
Younger, Maud, 1870-1936
Typed letter on National Woman's Party stationery. The stationery also contains a list of the NWP National Executive Committee and the National Advisory Council
Younger, Maud, 1870-1936
1918-11-09
1 p.
English
DOCU.1918.01
Washington, D.C.
Blue Rapids, Kansas
Debates upon the report of the Suffrage Committee in regard to woman suffrage. August 8, 1894
New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1894.; New York (State)
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York (State)
Transcript from the Constitutional Convention of New York State held in Albany on August 8, 1894. Delegates met to discuss whether or not to accept the adverse report of the Committee on Suffrage regarding the proposed constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote.
New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1894.; New York (State)
Not identified
[1894]
197 p.
English
DOCU.1894.06
Campaign Statement of New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association : a resume of campaign activities and an analysis of the vote on the woman suffrage amendment in the state of New Jersey. October 19, 1915
Constitutional amendments
Election
National American Woman Suffage Association
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
Referendum
Women--Suffrage--New Jersey
Published after New Jersey lost the referendum to grant women the right to vote in the state, the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association published this wrap-up for its membership and potential new members.
It contains a summary of the campaign activities, an analysis of the vote on the woman suffrage amendment, a review of next steps for the organization, and acknowledgements of those organizations that offered assistance during the campaign.
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
1913-10
4 p.
DOCU.1913.03
Pamphlet : Why Not? [1917]
Elections
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Women--Suffrage--New York
The pamphlet asks and answers the question "In the United States all men are allowed to vote. Why not women?"
This pamphlet was published as a part of the campaign to lobby for woman's suffrage in the upcoming election in New York State. New York granted state voting rights to women in 1917.
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[1917]
4 p.
English
DOCU.1917.07
Clipping : "Suffragists Barely Win Out in Oregon / Reports from all parts of state show narrow margin of victory." [November 7, 1912]
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Women--Suffrage--Oregon
11/7/12
English
Oregon
Clipping : "The Crisis Today." The Bay City Times. 1913
Bay City (Mich.) -- Newspapers
Michigan -- Bay City
Elections
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
The author discusses the woman suffrage amendment to be included in that day's election asks the question: "If woman is granted the franchise, what will she do with it?"
Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan in that election. Michigan women were granted the right to vote in 1918.
Bay City, Mich. : Bay City Times Co.
1913
English
Bay City, Michigan
Clipping : "Beginning of Suffrage Pleas." [The Bay City Times.] 1913
Bay City (Mich.) -- Newspapers
Dickinson, Anna E. (Anna Elizabeth), 1842-1932
Literature--Societies, etc.--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Michigan -- Bay City
Elections
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
This article, most likely from The Bay City Times in Michigan, makes reference to early calls for suffrage in Detroit, Michigan. The author mentions famed orator, Anna Dickinson and a debate on the subject of "Equal Suffrage" by the Adelphi Society.
[Bay City, Mich. : Bay City Times Co.]
1913
English
Clipping : "Women to hold great jubilee; invite Wilson, Taft and Roosevelt; Suffragists happy over being given the right to vote." June 12, 1913
Illinois--General Assembly--1910-1920
Illinois--Newspapers
Illinois--Springfield
Women--Suffrage--Illinois
Article about the Illinois General Assembly granting women partial suffrage. On June 11, 1913, Illinois granted women the right to vote for presidential electors, mayor, and for all local offices not specifically named in the Illinois Constitution. The article mentions that Illinois suffragists planned to continue working toward complete enfranchisement. It also discusses the legislative process of adopting the suffrage bill.
1913
English