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Clipping : "W.C.T.U. Leaders Besiege Congress: White Ribboners Seek Action on Bill Barring Shipment of Drinks in Dry States." [December 16, 1912]
Article on the lobby efforts of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for the Kenyon-Shephard bill, which would prohibit the shipment of alcohol into "dry" states.
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Clipping : Miss Christabel Pankhurst. [September 25, 1912]
Photograph with caption:
"Latest portrait of suffragette leader, who has temporarily transferred her operations from London to Paris"
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"Latest portrait of suffragette leader, who has temporarily transferred her operations from London to Paris"
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Clipping : "Suffragettes' Big Gathering Proves Fiasco / 50 women are arrested while attempting meeting in Parliament Square." [March 5, 1912]
News article about a suffrage demonstration held in London only a few days after 142 women were arrested for smashing shop windows in London's West End. The article discusses the demonstration and the arrest of 50 women, and also the separate raids…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Get 4 Months Each in Jail / Mrs. Pankhurst, Mrs. Tukes and Mrs. Marshall Sentenced for Stone Throwing." [March 2, 1912]
News article details the sentencing of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mabel Tuke, and Kitty Marshall for smashing two of the windows of the Prime Minister's residence. While Scotland Yard was preparing for a suffrage demonstration scheduled for the following…
Clipping : "California's First Jury of Women Only." [November 13, 1911]
Photograph with caption:
"Photograph of women who tried and acquitted editor accused of violating law in his publication. The Court allowed the jurywomen to wear their hats."
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"Photograph of women who tried and acquitted editor accused of violating law in his publication. The Court allowed the jurywomen to wear their hats."
The newspaper is not identifed and the date is written on the…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Fight Policemen All Night / Send Augustine Birrell to bed badly crippled and beaten, smash many windows." [November 23, 1910]
Account of rioting by suffragists in England, where women stormed the home of Prime Minister Asquith, smashed windows in the homes of members of Parliament, and attacked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Augustine Birrell. 156 women were reportedly…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Mob Premier Asquith / Hundred women arrested during riot following assault on prime minister." [November 23, 1910]
Account of attack on the Prime Minister H.H. Asquith by suffragists following a session in the House of Commons where he made a campaign promise to postpone discussion of a suffrage bill until the next parliament. Rioting and violence continued…
Clipping : "Petticoat War Again in England / Militant Suffragettes Reopen Hostilities on Houses of Parliament and furnish Amusement of Some of the U.S. Sailors." [November 18, 1910]
Account of a suffrage demonstration on Parliament in England led by Emmeline Pankhurst. 82 suffragists and supporters were arrested after bypassing a police cordon and making it to Prime Minister Asquith to demand introduction of the woman suffrage…
Clipping : "To Speak on Suffrage." [November 4, 1910]
Photograph with caption:
"Max Eastman, Who Will Be one of the speakers at the Suffrage meeting at the Monday Afternoon Club House on Monday Evening."
Max Eastman was an author, editor, and translator. He founded and edited several racdical…
"Max Eastman, Who Will Be one of the speakers at the Suffrage meeting at the Monday Afternoon Club House on Monday Evening."
Max Eastman was an author, editor, and translator. He founded and edited several racdical…
Clipping : "Are Women 'Inferior'?" [Binghamton Press.] [May 3, 1910]
Editorial refuting the pro-suffrage idea that women are inferior to men and should be granted the right to vote to gain equality with men. The author argues that most women do not consider themselves inferior, but rather acknowledged and respected as…