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Leaflet : Woman suffragists' weakness. April 11, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author argues against granting New York suffragists the oppotunity to present a bill allowing the "present voting population of the State to vote upon the question…
Joint letter: Carrie Chapman Catt, Empire State Campaign Committee, and Harriet Stanton Blatch, Women's Political Union, on behalf of all organized suffragists in New York State to the members of the [NY] platform committee and democratic conference
The letter references recent activity in Pennsylvania toward woman suffrage and requests a resolution be added to the New York democratic platform advocating for a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote.
Flier : To the men and women of New York. Empire State Campaign Committee. [1915]
Statement issued by Carrie Chapman Catt to repudiate anti-suffrage rhetoric that woman suffrage leaders are "advocates of free love, the abolition of marriage, [and] the elimination of the home."
The Empire State Campaign Committee was a coalition…
The Empire State Campaign Committee was a coalition…
Letter from Carrie Chapman Catt to "Friend of Human Justice." June 1933.
In 1933, Carrie Chapman Catt began protesting against the Nazi persecution of Jews. This letter, sent in June, and signed by Catt with a personal note, encouraged readers to gather signatures on an official protest statement. In August 1933, Catt…
Letter from Carrie Chapman Catt to field workers during the Empire State Campaign, [1915]
Included in a group of materials from the New York Women's Suffrage Campaign of 1915, this letter from Carrie Chapman Catt contains an update to field workers, focused on the need for fund raising and an update on reference materials they could…
Flier : The Real Point by Mary Ware Dennett. [Circa 1911-1915]
Mary Ware Dennett was a suffragist, artist, and advocate of birth control and sex education. She served as the field secretary for the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association and the corresponding secretary of the National American Woman Suffrage…
Flier : Vote for the amendment in 1915. Empire State Campaign Committee. 1915
Flier published by the Empire State Campaign Committee in advance of the 1915 election in New York contains a cartoon by Art Young depicting a "Suffragist" standing at a chalkboard quizzing an "Anti-Suffragist." The question written on the blackboard…
Flier : The Next President. Empire State Campaign Committee. [Circa 1914-1915]
Provides information about the ten states where women are eligible to vote for President in the next presidential election, and asks New York men to grant New York women the right to vote in the upcoming election on in November 1915.
The Empire…
The Empire…
Flier : A word to the wise. Empire State Campaign Committee. [Circa 1914-1915]
Using excerpts from a pro-suffrage speech by Congressman Edward T. Taylor, of Colorado, where women were granted full suffrage in 1893, he answers common questions about the impact of woman suffrage in his state. These issues include whether or not…
Flier : A million women : appeal to the voters of New York for Justice. Empire State Campaign Committee. 1915
Flier published by the Empire State Campaign Committee in advance of the 1915 election in New York contains statistics and arguments about women's suffrage, including the number of women who want the right to vote, the number of women already able to…