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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…
Clipping : "Asks Honest Count of Vote / Dr. Shaw says result will then be satisfactory." March 31, 1913
Account of a speech given by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, held at the National Guard armory in Bay City, Michigan.
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 : "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 : "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.
Clipping : "Favors Suffrage" by A.C. Monroe. [Circa 1913-1918]
Brief opinion piece advocating for woman's suffrage in Michigan.
Clipping : "Opposed to Suffragettes / Mrs. Maria Warner would not demean herself to go to the polls." [Binghamton Press.] [February 22, 1910]
Feature article about a woman named Maria Warner, also known as "Sally Piper" of Binghamton, New York, who was opposed to women's suffrage.
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 : "Pinchot Talks for Bull Moose; Miss Carpenter and Congressman Woodruff, Too." March 31, 1913
News article about a meeting of the Bull Moose party held at the National Guard armory in Bay City, Michigan. Massachusetts suffragist and Progressive Party organizer, Alice Carpenter, addressed the issue of woman's suffrage during the meeting.
Clipping : "Progressives are pledged to help organized labor" by Jane Addams, Detroit News Tribune. October 20, 1912
Addams discusses the growing Progressive Party, formed by Theodore Roosevelt and its potential to spark reform for industrial workers. She uses Roosevelt as someone who has the power and personality to "gather up the sense of social wrong and direct…