Circular : What difference does it make to the woman. / by Ellis Meredith. [Circa 1913-1915]
Child labor
Custody of children
Education
Inheritance and succession
Labor laws and legislation
Literacy
Meredith, Ellis, 1865-
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Portion of an article written by journalist and writer, Ellis Meredith, entitled "The Struggle for Equal Rights" originally published in "Pictorial Review." Meredith enumerates the ways in which the lack of suffrage impacts women, including marriage and custody laws, inheritance laws, child labor laws, child literacy, and education.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
Meredith, Ellis, 1865-
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913-1915]
2 p.
English
DOCU.1000.108
Circular : That "biological argument." / by Dr. Woods Hutchinson. [Circa 1913-1915]
Child labor
Food law and legislation
Homemakers
Labor laws and legislation
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Public health
Portion of an article from the Saturday Evening Post written by Dr. Woods Hutchinson, an English physician. Hutchinson argues that women's experience as homemakers is the reason they should be politically active.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
Hutchinson, Woods, 1862-
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913-1915]
2 p.
English
DOCU.1000.105
Circular : Why the working woman needs the vote. / by Mrs. Mary Kenney O'Sullivan. [Circa 1913-1915]
American Federation of Labor
Child labor -- United States
Employee rights
Labor laws and legislation
Labor unions
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Pay equity
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
Women -- Employment -- United States
O'Sullivan argues that wage-earning women need the right to vote to ensure equal pay for equal work and working men should also want women's suffrage to protect their interests against the threat of cheap labor by women and children.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement, were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
O'Sullivan, Mary Kenney, 1864-1943
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913-1915]
2 p.
English
DOCU.1000.97
Circular : Woman suffrage. Its relation to working women and children/ by Florence Kelley [Circa 1913-1915]
Child labor -- United States
Consumers' League of New York City
Employee rights
Labor laws and legislation
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women -- Employment -- United States
Reprint of an essay written by social reformer and political activist, Florence Kelley. Kelley argues that women need the right to vote in order to protect the interests of working women and children.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913-1915]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1000.93
Flier : "Politics is man's business." Some political questions . . . Is politics woman's business, too? New York State Woman Suffrage Party [Circa 1914-1917]
Child labor
Election
Food--Safety measures
Mothers' pensions
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Politics
Women--Education
Women--Employment
Women--Suffrage--New York
Series of questions "all settled by politics and votes." The questions concerned issues that were considered of direct interest to women, including food safety regulation, education, child labor, protective labor legislation, mother's pensions, etc.
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[Circa 1914-1917]
1 sheet ([1] page)
English
DOCU.1000.29
Flier : Facts worth knowing. Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association. April 1915
Constitutional amendment
Elections
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
Referendum
Voting
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Facts about the various laws passed within the eleven states that had woman suffrage in 1915 to demonstrate the progress made when women are granted the right to vote. Laws passed in these states included equal guardianship of children; eight-hour day for working women; child labor protection, widowed mother's pension, etc.
In Pennsylvania in 1915, voters rejected the referendum to grant women of the state the right to vote. Pennsylvania ratified the federal suffrage amendment on June 24, 1919.
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
Harrisburg, Penn. : Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
1915-04
1 p.
English
DOCU.1915.27
Broadside : Teachers need the vote! [Circa 1915-1917]
Campaign literature
Child labor--Law and legislation
Food--Safety measures
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Teachers
Teachers--Salaries, etc.--United States
Teachers--Tenure--United States
Women--Education
Women in education
Women--Suffrage--New York
Created by the Teacher's Section of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, this flier encourages teachers to work for woman suffrage by listing the reasons why they need the vote.
New York State Woman Suffrage Party. Teacher's Section
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[Circa 1915-1917]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1000.22
Clipping : Women! Will you vote to condone corruption? Woman's Home Companion. [November 1924]
Bryan, Charles W., 1867-1945
Campaign promises
Campaign literature
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Democratic Party
Presidents--Election
Voting
Advertisement in Woman's Home Companion magazine by the Democratic Party, encouraging women to vote the Democratic ticket for President, John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan.
Democratic Party
Springfield, Ohio : Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
[1924]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1924.02
Leaflet : The Revolution in women's work makes votes for women a practical necessity. [Circa 1913]
Employment--Women
Industrialization
Labor laws and legislation
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Originally written by Katharine Houghton Hepburn, member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, this statement was reprinted in a leaflet published by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, to lobby for women's suffrage in an upcoming state election. The statement addresses changes in women's social roles and employment because of industrialization and argues for women's right to vote to reflect their new roles and present conditions.
Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, 1878-1951
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913]
4 p.
DOCU.1913.04