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Leaflet : Shall women be burdened with the ballot? / by Theodore L. Cuyler. May, 1894. [Circa 1894-1900]
Essay by Theodore Ledyard Cuyler, published by the Protest Committee of the Brooklyn Women's Anti-Suffrage League.
Cuyler was a Presbyterian minister and writer who was a well-known supporter of the temperance movement and opponent of women's…
Cuyler was a Presbyterian minister and writer who was a well-known supporter of the temperance movement and opponent of women's…
Leaflet : Extracts from addresses of the Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, D.D., Bishop of Albany, to the classes graduated from St. Agnes' School, Albany, June 6th, 1894 and June 6th, 1895. 1895
Excerpts from two addresses by the Right Reverend William Croswell Doane to the graduating classes of St. Agnes' School, a girls school connected to the Episcopal Chuch.
Rev. Doane was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany from 1869…
Rev. Doane was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany from 1869…
Leaflet : Woman has many advantages : what she would lose should her demand for equal rights be granted : to the editor of the New York times. March 28, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author argues that if women are granted equal rights, they may lose many of the rights they have already gained, including property, guardianship of children,…
Leaflet : "Women have no time for politics" Vote to give HER the ballot in Michigan. [1912]
Series of fliers urging voters to grant women the vote in Michigan in the upcoming election. The fliers compares the amount of time women spend out of the house working to the amount of time she would spend on politics and argues for suffrage as a…
Circular : That "biological argument." / by Dr. Woods Hutchinson. [Circa 1913-1915]
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…
The National American Woman…
Broadside : As man to man. Pittsburgh Men's League for Woman Suffrage. [1916]
Makes the argument that men are primarily concerned with their interests and do not represent women's interests. Urges reader to vote for the woman suffrage amendment on November 7th. The amendment lost in 1916.
Pennsylvania was among the first…
Pennsylvania was among the first…
Flier : Women in the home. [Circa 1915-1917]
Makes the argument that if women's place is in the home and they are held responsible for the conditions in which their families' live, they should have the right to vote in order to help control those conditions.
Clipping : "What Women Will Do With Their Votes: they will see that all children have a fair chance to grow healthy bodies and quick minds." [Harper's Bazaar]. [June] 1918.
Article suggests that if women receive the right to vote, they will use it thoughtfully to help undernourished and impoverished children
Postcard : I'm a suffragette and I don't care who knows it. [Circa 1909-1915]
Valentine's Day card with illustration of a young girl, wearing a hat and dress, holding a ballot.
This card is addressed to Mrs. M.F. Rogers in Wellington, Ohio, and postmarked February 9, 1914. The handwritten message reads: "Dear Grandma- There…
This card is addressed to Mrs. M.F. Rogers in Wellington, Ohio, and postmarked February 9, 1914. The handwritten message reads: "Dear Grandma- There…
Card : I'm a suffragette and I don't care who knows it. [Circa 1909-1913]
Embossed Valentine's Day card. On the front is a colorful illustration of a young girl, wearing a hat and dress, holding a ballot.
Written on the back: To Helen Hoagland / From R.I.R.
Written on the back: To Helen Hoagland / From R.I.R.