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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…

The letter from Mrs. Leonard was read by Thornton K. Lothrop, Esq. at the hearing before the Legislative Committee on Woman Suffrage. Clara Leonard was well known in her community as an opponent to woman's suffrage and was asked to write a letter to…

Originally published in McClure's Magazine, Vol. 42, this was a series of humorous illustrations that tell the story of Suzanne, a suffragist, and her efforts to sway him by overexposing him to the anti-suffrage rhetoric of a neighbor, Mrs.…

The Remonstrance was the offical organ of the anti-suffrage movement in Massachusetts. The idea of "remonstrances" was first developed by the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women (later the Women's…

On page 15: "Why I Do Not Believe in Woman Suffrage" by Mrs. Humphry Ward, author

Public letter issued by the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women featuring Saunders' argument against House Bill, No. 119, to grant municipal suffrage to taxpaying women in Massachusetts. He sites reasons…

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.…

Series: Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. House), 41st Congress, 2nd session, no. 48.

Charlotte McKay, a Civil War nurse, addresses several reasons against granting the right to vote to women, chief among them that it would put the safety of the…