Broadside : Women Vote Under These Flags. [1918-1919]
Democracy
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Suffrage--Australia
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--Denmark
Women--Suffrage--England
Women--Suffrage--Finland
Women--Suffrage--Iceland
Women--Suffrage--Ireland
Women--Suffrage--New Zealand
Women--Suffrage--Norway
Women--Suffrage--Russia
Women--Suffrage--Scotland
Women--Suffrage--Sweden
Full color circular highlights the countries where women have the right to vote and asks the question, "Why do not all women vote under the flag of democracy?"
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[1918-1919]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1918.08
Clipping : "Borden Replies to Suffragettes / Candian Premier declines to aid cause in dominion." [August 28, 1912]
Barrett, Rachel, 1875-1953
Borden, Robert Laird, Sir, 1854-1937
Suffragists--Great Britain--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Brief article about Canadian Prime Minister, Robert Borden's statement to suffragists that he had no power to introduce a measure granting women the right to vote in Canada.
In 1912, Prime Minister Borden met with a delegation of five members of the Women's Social and Political Union in the Savoy Hotel in London, England. Rachel Barrett, one of the delegates, warned him that British suffragettes might start a militant campaign in Canada. Borden's response was that the power rested with the nine provinces.
8/28/12
English
Canada
Postcard : Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe, The Woman's Journal, to Massachusetts newspaper editors. February 15, 1890
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
Newspaper--Letters to the editor
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--Kansas
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Women--Suffrage--Wyoming
On front is handwritten "Mrs. Lucy Stone Dorchester Mass."
On back is a form letter entitled "Municipal Suffrage for Women."
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
1890-02-15
1 p.
English
DOCU-1890-02.01
DOCU-1890-02.02
Massachusetts
Clipping : Cartoons magazine. As Viewed in Canada. [Circa 1912-1913]
Caricatures and cartoons--Periodicals
Racey, Arthur George, 1870-1941
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--England
Wylie, Barbara Fanny, c.1862-1954)
Reproduction of a drawing by Arthur George Racey originally published in the Montreal Star.
As viewed in Canada. Canadian woman, "Why all this unnecessary and unasked fro fuss on my behalf. If I wish for suffrage in my country, all I have to do is ask for it." The cartoon shows a woman, labeled Miss Wylie (British suffragist Barbara Wylie), speaking to a well-dressed Canadian woman.
Barbara Wylie was an active member of the Women's Social and Political Union in England from 1909 until 1912 when she left for Canada to do a suffrage speaking tour. She was arrested during a protest outside of His Majesty's Theatre in London on May 22, 1914.
Racey, Arthur George, 1870-1941
Chicago : Ill. : H.H. Windsor, Editor and Publisher
[1912]
2 p. ; 29 x 21.5
English
Clipping : Cartoons magazine. Votes for Women. [1912]
Caricatures and cartoons--Periodicals
Elections
Racey, Arthur George, 1870-1941
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Voting
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Wylie, Barbara Fanny, c.1862-1954)
Reproductions of drawings by Paul Plaschke, James North, and Arthur Racey originally published in the Louisville Post, Tacoma Daily Ledger, and Montreal Star.
"When The Women Vote" by Paul Plaschke shows a woman approaching a small house on wheels, decorated with bows and signs that say: "Ladies-Register here for School Trustee Election" and "A Pink Certificate with Each Registration" used as a way to attract women voters.
"The Political Pannier" by James North depicts Theodore Roosevelt during his bid for president during the 1912 election. The illustration features a crudly drawn Roosevelt, wearing a long dress, gloves, and an apron with the slogan "Votes for Women Vote for Me."
"Wisdom" by Arthur George Racey shows a woman standing at the entrance to Canada, wearing a hat labeled "Militant Suffragette" and carrying supplies, including "assorted bricks, hatchets, and other missils" and "kerosene for incendiary purposes." The guard prevents her from entering. The cartoon is a reference to Barbara Wylie, member of the Women's Social and Political Union in England who went to Canada for a suffrage speaking tour in 1912.
North, James
Plaschke, Paul, 1880-1954
Racey, Arthur George, 1870-1941
Chicago : Ill. : H.H. Windsor, Editor and Publisher
[1912]
2 p.
English
Leaflet : Suffrage as a war measure. October 1917
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Patriotism
Women and war
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--Denmark
Women--Suffrage--England
Women--Suffrage--France
Women--Suffrage--Italy
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women--Suffrage--Russia
Women--Suffrage--Yucatan
World War, 1914-1918
Argues that women in Canada, Russia, Norway, Finland, France, Denmark, Italy, and Yucatan all either have the vote or are awaiting measures under consideration. Urges New York men to consider the patriotism of New York women and vote for woman suffrage in the upcoming election in defense of the nation.
part of the campaign for the Woman Suffrage Amendment on the New York State ballot on November 6, 1917.
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
1917-10
4 p.
English
DOCU.1917.42
Flier : "Votes for Women a Success. North America Proves It." September 1917
Constitutional amendments
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--New York
Flier compares the United States to Canada where, several provinces extended suffrage to women. The map of the United States indicates states where women had full suffrage, presidential suffrage, primary suffrage, and no right to vote.
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
1917-09
1 p.
English
DOCU.1917.21
Letter : Deborah K. Livingston, Maine Woman Suffrage Association, to Hon. Edward N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. April 6, 1917
Livingston, Deborah Knox
Maine. Legislature. Senate
Maine Woman Suffrage Association
Merrill, Edward Newton
Referendum
United States--Maine--Bangor
United States--Maine--Skowhegan
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women--Suffrage--Russia
Women--Sufffrage--Maine
Solicitation letter from Deborah K. Livingston, Chairman of the Campaign Committee of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the executive committee of the Men's Equal Suffrage League, to fund the suffrage referendum campaign. She references progress toward woman suffrage in Canada, Great Britain, and Russia.
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the federal amendment and when a referendum vote was held, Maine women won the right to vote in presidential elections.
Livingston, Deborah Knox
1917-04-06
1 p.
English
DOCU.1917.14
Maine
Broadside : You will wish to hear the famous Canadian woman suffrage leader Mrs. Flora McD. Dennison and Mr. Frank Dunham… : the final suffrage mass meeting… [Circa 1917]
Canadian Suffrage Association
Denison, Flora MacDonald, 1867-1921
Dunham, Frank
Ellenwood, Rev. Dr. J.
Foley, Edward J.
National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee (U.S.)
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Suffragists--Canada--1910-1920
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's rights--International cooperation
Promotional flier for the "final suffrage mass meeting" before the upcoming election on November 6, 1917, most likely held in Albany, New York. Flora MacDonald Dennison served as President of the Candian Woman Suffrage Association and spent two years on a lecture tour for the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. Additional speakers at the meeting were Liberty Loan Speaker, Rev. Dr. J. Ellenwood, and the presiding officer, Mayor E.J. Foley, of Watervliet, New York.
Encourages people to vote for the woman suffrage amendment.
[New York State Woman Suffrage Party]
New York: n.p. ; Century Printing Co.
[Circa 1917]
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1917.11A
Broadside : You will wish to hear the famous Canadian woman suffrage leader Mrs. Flora McD. Dennison and Mr. Frank Dunham… : the final suffrage mass meeting… [Circa 1917]
Canadian Suffrage Association
Denison, Flora MacDonald, 1867-1921
Dunham, Frank
Ellenwood, Rev. Dr. J.
Foley, Edward J.
National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee (U.S.)
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Suffragists--Canada--1910-1920
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's rights--International cooperation
Promotional flier for the "final suffrage mass meeting" before the upcoming election on November 6, 1917, most likely held in Albany, New York. Flora MacDonald Dennison served as President of the Candian Woman Suffrage Association and spent two years on a lecture tour for the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. Additional speakers at the meeting were Liberty Loan Speaker, Rev. Dr. J. Ellenwood, and the presiding officer, Mayor E.J. Foley, of Watervliet, New York.
The flier encourages people to vote for the woman suffrage amendment.
[New York State Woman Suffrage Party]
New York: n.p. ; Century Printing Co.
[Circa 1917]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1917.11B