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Postcard : Electioneering. [1909]
Part of a twelve-card series of full-color lithographic postcards opposing woman suffrage.
This card, labeled Suffragette Series No. 2, features a well-dressed woman handing money to two women who are in shabbier clothing.
This card, labeled Suffragette Series No. 2, features a well-dressed woman handing money to two women who are in shabbier clothing.
Broadside : Notice of Submission of Constitutional Amendments at the General Election to be held November 6, 1917
Public notice of the resolutions of the New York State Senate and Assembly to be voted on by the electorate on November 6, 1917, including the woman suffrage amendment. The referendum passed, granting New York women the right to vote.
Flier : Women vote in Wyoming Washington, Colorado, Utah, California and Idaho. Why not in Ohio? 1912
Verso: Vote for woman suffrage. Amendment No. 23
Amendment 23, the Ohio Woman's Suffrage Amendment, was on the September 3, 1912 special election ballot in Ohio, where it was defeated.
Amendment 23, the Ohio Woman's Suffrage Amendment, was on the September 3, 1912 special election ballot in Ohio, where it was defeated.
Leaflet : No woman suffrage vote. [Circa 1895-1900]
Author discusses the results of the non-binding referendum held in Massachusetts in which women were allow to vote on the issue of municipal suffrage and the referendum was rejected. The author asserts that women will not be granted the right to vote…
Cartoon : "Well, well, nobody tells me a things. And how long did you say we've had it?" [Circa 1920-1925]
Illustration of an older woman, holding a "Votes for Women" placard in one hand and an axe in the other hand, speaking to a police officer.
Broadside : Twelve reasons why women should vote. [Circa 1915-1917]
Contains twelve reasons why women should have the right to vote. This broadside was reprinted and distributed by many state organizations to lobby for state suffrage amendments.
Flier : Arguments for husbands who do not want wives to vote. [1924]
Campaign flier for candidate, John W. Davis, Congressman from West Virginia, Solicitor General of the United States, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, before he became the Democratic nominee for President in 1924. He lost the election to…
Envelope : 100 Women's Official Ballots for or against an act to revise the law with relation to banks and banking. 1920
Envelope that would have held ballots related to a revision to a banking law. The envelope was intended to be opened only by an election official.
Ballot: Official ballot for the town of Hiram [Maine]. September 10, 1917
Official election ballot includes the proposed state constitutional amendment for woman's suffrage.
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the…
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the…
Flier : Woman suffrage by federal amendment, why? Six reasons. February 1917
Lists the six reasons why the woman suffrage amendment needs to be ratified.