Authorization by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association to be a "challenger" during the election. 1912
Bay City Equal Suffrage Association
Elections
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Polling places
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Blank form created by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, to be signed by the acting president of the Bay City Equal Suffrage Assocaiton, to authorize individuals appointed by the organization as "challengers" to polling places during the election. Challengers were stationed at polling places to guard against any potential abuse by witnessing the votes, inspecting poll lists, etc.
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Detroit, Mich. : Bay City Equal Suffrage Association
1912
1 p.
English
DOCU.1912.14
Clipping : "German Speaker is Entertained by Suffragists / Mrs. Clara S. Laddey, of New Jersey, delivers address"; "Women Walk Through Mud to Boost Suffrage / Brave angry elements to deliver addresses at Linwood." [The Bay City Times] [1913]
Bay County Equal Suffrage Assocation
Elections
Jennison, G.B.
Laddey, Clara Schlee
New Jersey Woman's Suffrage Association
Politicians
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Women--Suffrage--New Jersey
Three newspaper articles:
"German Speaker is Entertained by Suffragists" details an address delivered in German by Clara S. Laddey, president of the New Jersey Equal Suffrage Society to the Bay County Equal Suffrage Association.
"Want Suffrage Amendment Put Before People" is a brief article on G.B. Jennison, whose wife is the president of the Bay County Equal Suffrage Association, requested the suffrage amendment be printed on the ballot machine.
"Women Walk through Mud to Boost Suffrage" is an account of a group of Bay City Equal Suffrage members whose automobiles got stuck in the mud as they were making their way to a suffrage event in Linwood, Michigan
[Bay City, Mich. : Bay City Times Co.]
[1913]
English
Michigan