Special Anti-suffrage page. [Circa 1897]
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Constitutional amendments
Pruyn, Anna Parker (Mrs. J.V.L.)
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
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. Many of the articles in this publication were also reprinted and distributed by the organization in individual pamphlets and fliers.
Pruyn, Anna Parker
Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
New York : Century Plate and Printing Co.
[Circa 1897]
708 LR-Bookcase, Blue Binder #4
4 p.
PERI.1000.01
Pamphlet : Have you heard the news? August 1917
Constitutional amendments
Referendum
Woman Suffrage Campaign Committee
Women--Suffrage--Maine
Pamphlet issued by the Woman Suffrage Campaign Committee of Bangor, Maine to campaign for the Maine Women's Suffrage Referendum, also known as Proposed Amendment No. 1, on September 10, 1917. The measure was defeated.
Uses the phrase "Have you heard", followed by an argument for woman suffrage. The pamphlet enumerates the countries where women had the vote, the states where women had suffrage, and the various anti-suffrage forces working to deny or curtail women's rights.
Woman Suffrage Campaign Committee (Bangor, Maine)
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co.
1917-08
12 p.
English
DOCU.1917.03
Pledge card : I will vote for equal suffrage in November 1915. [1915]
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Pledge card issued by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. The headquarters were located at 585 Boylston Street, Room 12 in Boston.
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
[1915]
Broadside : Notice of Submission of Constitutional Amendments at the General Election to be held November 6, 1917
Constitutional amendments
Elections--New York (State)
Voting--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920
Women's suffrage--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920
Public notice of the resolutions of the New York State Senate and Assembly to be voted on by the electorate on November 6, 1917, including the woman suffrage amendment. The referendum passed, granting New York women the right to vote.
1917
Welch, Thomas G. and Miller, Henry C. Commissioners of Elections, Chemung County
1 p.
English
New York
Broadside : As man to man. Pittsburgh Men's League for Woman Suffrage. [1916]
Campaign Literature
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Pittsburgh Men's League for Woman Suffrage
United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Makes the argument that men are primarily concerned with their interests and do not represent women's interests. Urges reader to vote for the woman suffrage amendment on November 7th. The amendment lost in 1916.
Pennsylvania was among the first states to ratify the nineteenth amendment in June 1919.
Pittsburgh Men's League for Woman Suffrage
Harrisburg, Penn : Pittsburgh Men's League for Woman Suffrage
[1916]
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1916.18
Flier : Why Michigan lost the equal suffrage amendment in 1912. [1913]
Anti-suffrage
Campaign literature
Constitutional amendments
Elections--Corrupt practices
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Discusses the results of the 1912 election in Michigan, when the woman suffrage amendment was defeated, and the reasons for this result. According to the information provided, the amendment passed, but was nullified by "political manipulation" and there is a list some of the "irregularities" that were found. The verso provides a list of arguments made by "bad people" against woman suffrage, and includes "the gambler", "the grafter", "the employer of child labor", "the white slave trafficker", and more.
Woman suffrage was defeated again in the 1913 election. Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections in 1917 and in 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Detroit, Mich. : Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[1913]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1913.13
Flier : Is there any question about the liquor interests opposing woman suffrage? Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association. [1913]
Anti-suffrage
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
Liquor industry
Prohibition
Voting
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Response by the Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association to anti-suffrage papers being distributed by saloon keepers and breweries in advance of the April 7, 1913 election. The message was to vote against the woman suffrage question because it would ensure state wide prohibition and shut down businesses.
Woman suffrage was defeated in the 1913 election. Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections in 1917 and in 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
Michigan : Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
[1913]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1913.12
Pamphlet : A history of the equal suffrage movement in New Hampshire 1868-1912
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Women--Suffrage--New Hampshire
This pamphlet was created to lobby New Hampshire voters to become the seventh state to grant women the right to vote.
New Hampshire Woman Suffrage Association
Concord, N.H. : New Hampshire Woman Suffrage Association
1912
7 p.
English
DOCU.1912.18
Flier : Women vote in Wyoming Washington, Colorado, Utah, California and Idaho. Why not in Ohio? 1912
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Women--Suffrage--Ohio
Verso: Vote for woman suffrage. Amendment No. 23
Amendment 23, the Ohio Woman's Suffrage Amendment, was on the September 3, 1912 special election ballot in Ohio, where it was defeated.
1912
English
DOCU.1912.11
Pamphlet : Year book of the Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore. 1910
Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore
Maryland. Constitution (1910)
Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates
United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Women--Suffrage--Maryland
Yearbook
Yearbook, or annual report, for the Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore includes a list of officers, directors, and committee chairmen, committee reports, plans for 1911, copy of the bill presented to the Maryland legislature, a list of organizations endorsing the bill, and a list of the speeches made at the hearing for the bill.
Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD : Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore
1905-03-24
DOCU.1910.09
DOCU.1910.10
32 p.
English
DOCU.1910.11