Constitution and by-laws of Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. [Circa 1914]
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1914]
DOCU.1914.02
Postcard : The framers of the Constitution of the United States, foreseeing the social and political conditions that would confront the nation, did not restrict the right of suffrage to man. 1910
Aphorisms and apothegms
Constitution of the United States
National American Woman Suffrage Association
This card, Number 109, is part of a set of 30 postcards, each containing a message, or aphorism, about suffrage. The cards were created by commercial publishing company, The Cargill Company, and were "endorsed and approved by the National American Woman Suffrage Association."
Grand Rapids, Mich : The Cargill company
1910
Life. Vol. 76, No. 1982. October 28, 1920
Constitutional amendments--1920
Constitutional amendments--ratification
Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944
Magazine illustration
Periodicals--Publishing--United States
The cover features a drawing by Charles Dana Gibson entitled "Congratulations." In it, Lady Liberty shakes hands with a woman holding a ballot, congratulating her on winning the right to vote.
Life Magazine, Inc. was founded by John Ames Mitchell (1845-1918) in 1883 in New York City and published until October 1936. It was a popular magazine of satire, criticism, reviews, and humor which relied heavily on cartoons, sketches, illustrations, and anecdotal material.
Life Magazine, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
New York : Life Publishing Company
1920-10-28
Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944, artist
39 p.
English
PERI.1920.01
Circular : A few leading questions. [Circa 1913-1915]
Custody of children
Education
Jury duty
Married women--Legal status, laws, etc.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Taxation
United States. Constitution
Voting
Questions and answers addressing marital rights,child custody rights, property rights, taxation, education, whether women would vote if granted the privilege, and why women want to vote.
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.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913-1915]
2 p.
English
DOCU.1000.111
Leaflet : The Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore. Proposed amendment to the Baltimore City Charter. [Circa 1909-1910]
Citizenship
Constitutional amendments
Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore
Literacy
Maryland. Constitution (1910)
Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates
United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Women--Suffrage--Maryland
Language proposed by the Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore to give the right to vote to every Baltimore resident, male or female, over the age of 21, provided that they:
"possess any one of the following qualifications, to wit: (a) If such person is qualified to vote for members of the House of Delegates; or (b) if he or she can read of write, from dictation, any paragraph or sentence of more than five lines contained in the Constitution of Maryland; or (c) if he or she is assessed with property in said city to the amount of $300 and has paid taxes thereon for at least two years preceding the election at which he or she offers to vote."
The bill was defeated. The Maryland legislature did not amend the state constitution to allow women to vote until after the 19th amendment was passed in 1920. Maryland finally ratified the amendment on May 29, 1941.
Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD : Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore
[Circa 1909-1910]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1000.92
Pamphlet : What is the Constitution of the United States Worth to American women? Address delivered before the Lawyers Civic Association of Maryland. [1949]
Brown, Helen Elizabeth
Constitution (United States)
Lawyers Civic Association of Maryland
United States--Constitution
United States--Maryland--Baltimore
Brown, Helen Elizabeth
[Baltimore?] : [publisher not identified]
[1949]
7 p.
English
DOCU.1949.01
Clipping : "The Crisis Today." The Bay City Times. 1913
Bay City (Mich.) -- Newspapers
Michigan -- Bay City
Elections
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
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 granted the right to vote in 1918.
Bay City, Mich. : Bay City Times Co.
1913
English
Bay City, Michigan
Clipping : "Suffragists Barely Win Out in Oregon / Reports from all parts of state show narrow margin of victory." [November 7, 1912]
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Women--Suffrage--Oregon
11/7/12
English
Oregon
Flier : Have you ever thought why your mother, wife, sister and daughter are not allowed to vote? [1912]
Constitution of the United States
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Reprint of text originally written by Katharine Houghton Hepburn for the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
It was distributed by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Organization to lobby for the upcoming referendum on woman's suffrage. The referendum did not pass at that time.
In 1917, Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. In 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, 1878-1951
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[1912]
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1912.05
Detroit, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Pamphlet: Constitutional Argument for Woman Suffrage by Mrs. M. Vater Longley. [Circa 1910]
Constitution of the United States
Constitutional amendments
Women--Suffrage--California
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
The author reviews sections of the Constitution to make the argument that the individual articles and overall document should not be treated as gender specific. Men and women are equally interested in issues that impact them socially, economically, and politically, and should be able to utilize their unique perspectives to create an effective government.
Margaret Vater Longley was a journalist from Cincinnati, and active in the suffrage movement first in Cincinnati and later in California. She was a member of the executive committee of the National Woman Suffrage Association and later became vice president of the Ohio branch. She was also editor of the Dayton Woman's Advocate. When the family moved to California in 1885, Longley became the Vice President of the People's Party in California and spearheaded the Los Angeles Campaign Committee for a referendum on suffrage.
Longley, Margaret Vater, 1831-1912
Los Angeles, Cal. : Farmer's Alliance
[Circa 1910]
8 p.
DOCU.1910.05