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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 : "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."
The newspaper is not identifed and the date is written on the…
"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 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 : "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 : Miss Christabel Pankhurst. [September 25, 1912]
Photograph with caption:
"Latest portrait of suffragette leader, who has temporarily transferred her operations from London to Paris"
Newspaper not identified. Date written on the clipping.
"Latest portrait of suffragette leader, who has temporarily transferred her operations from London to Paris"
Newspaper not identified. Date written on the clipping.
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.
The newspaper is not identifed and the year is written on the clipping.
The newspaper is not identifed and the year is written on the clipping.
Clipping : "The Crisis Today." The Bay City Times. 1913
The author discusses the woman suffrage amendment to be included in that day's election asks the question: "If woman is granted the franchise, what will she do with it?"
Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan in that election. Michigan women were…
Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan in that election. Michigan women were…
Clipping : "Beginning of Suffrage Pleas." [The Bay City Times.] 1913
This article, most likely from The Bay City Times in Michigan, makes reference to early calls for suffrage in Detroit, Michigan. The author mentions famed orator, Anna Dickinson and a debate on the subject of "Equal Suffrage" by the Adelphi Society.
Clipping : "Works Denies Suffrage Attack / Suffrage Session Ends in Peace." [1913-12-05]
Two brief articles:
The first is an account of the House Committee on Rules session where Harriet Taylor Upton, president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, appeared to refute anti-suffragist remarks.
The second mentions a heated…
The first is an account of the House Committee on Rules session where Harriet Taylor Upton, president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, appeared to refute anti-suffragist remarks.
The second mentions a heated…
Clipping : "Dr. Anna H. Shaw / She will deliver an address at the Armory Sunday Afternoon." The Bay City Times. [Circa 1913-1915]
Brief article about an upcoming speech by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, to be held at the National Guard armory. The article includes a photograph of Shaw.