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Disunion: two discourses at Music Hall, on January 20th, and February 17th, 1861
Two speeches given by famed abolitionist and orator, Wendell Phillips. The first is entitled "The Lesson of the Hour." The second, entitled "Progress" was addressed to the twenty-eighth Congregational Society. In the second, Phillips discusses the…
Tract : Woman suffrage essential to the true republic. 1873
An address delivered by Senator George F. Hoar at the Annual Meeting of the New England Woman Suffrage Association in Boston on May 27, 1873.
Hoar examines the idea of what makes a cohesive "Republic" and argues that the participation and…
Hoar examines the idea of what makes a cohesive "Republic" and argues that the participation and…
Tract : Woman suffrage essential to the true republic : an address delivered by George F. Hoar, at the Annual Meeting of the New England Woman Suffrage Association, Boston. May 27, 1873
Series: Woman Suffrage Tracts No. 8
Hoar examines the idea of what makes a cohesive "Republic" and argues that the participation and influence of women is necessary for the church, state and community to be successful and happy.
The address was…
Hoar examines the idea of what makes a cohesive "Republic" and argues that the participation and influence of women is necessary for the church, state and community to be successful and happy.
The address was…
Letter : Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Mary G. Ames, and Mary A. Livermore, Office Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, to "friend." April 25, 1884
The handwritten letter references an enclosed petition and leaflets for municipal woman suffrage and urges the recipient to obtain as many names as possible by January 1, 1885. The letter also discusses the rising anti-suffrage movement in Boston.
The Woman's Journal. (Boston, Mass.) 1871-1909
In 1870, Lucy Stone and her husband, Henry Browne Blackwell, founded The Woman’s Journal, a weekly newspaper. Their daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell began work as an editor in 1883 and became the sole editor until 1917. At its founding, the Woman's…
The Boston Herald. (Boston, Mass.) Vol. 148, no. 49. August 18, 1920
The large headline on the front page of the Boston Herald is "North Carolina puts suffrage over a year; Tennessee Acts Today."
"Enemies Force Adjournment at Nashville/ Claim Vote of 53 to 44 on Motion Shows Stand on Ratification/ Raleigh…
"Enemies Force Adjournment at Nashville/ Claim Vote of 53 to 44 on Motion Shows Stand on Ratification/ Raleigh…
Flier : A Tale of Six Cities. Statement of Anna Howard Shaw, Helen Todd, and Carrie Chapman Catt. [Circa 1912-1915]
Six pie charts demonstrate the percentage of non-natives who comprise the male populations of Berlin, Paris, and London and in the United States (males of voting age) of New York, Boston and Chicago.
The flier includes statements on suffrage by…
The flier includes statements on suffrage by…
Postcard : Opposition card addressed to the Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee. 1915
Postcard to the Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee for sender to voice opposition the proposed amendment granting women the right to vote.
The measure failed to pass in 1915. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts became the eighth state to ratify the…
The measure failed to pass in 1915. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts became the eighth state to ratify the…
Leaflet : Equality for women the country's need: an address delivered by James M. Curley, Mayor of the City of Boston. October 16, 1915
Reprint of an address by James Curley, mayor of Boston from 1914-1919, at Mechanics Hall. Curley argues that most reform laws, including improved labor laws, extension of the school age, public health laws, and employee pension were all met with…
The Remonstrance. July, 1915
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…