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The Remonstrance. July, 1915
The Remonstrance was the offical organ of the anti-suffrage movement in Massachusetts. The idea of "remonstrances" was first developed by the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women (later the Women's…
Clipping : Harper's Weekly. Women at the polls in New Jersey in the good old times. November 13, 1880
Hand colored engraving by Howard Pyle, appeared on page 724 of Harper's Weekly, entitled "Women at the Polls in New Jersey in the Good Old Times." The illustration shows women casting votes at a municipal election, referring back to the period from…
Letter and envelope : County Chairman [Iowa Equal Suffrage Association?] to a school teacher. March 18, 1916
Letter most likely sent to teachers throughout Black Hawk County asks the recipient to conduct a survey of men in their school district on how they intend to vote on the suffrage referendum in the upcoming election on June 5th. The referendum did not…
Black Hawk County [Iowa] Suffrage Campaign Committee, Rural School Contest. 1916
Terms for a contest sponsored by the Black Hawk Country Suffrage Campaign Committee for the "rural school puils of Black Hawk County who will write the best letters containing the greatest number of best reasons why women should be given 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.
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…
Letter : Ralph O. Brewster, Men's Equal Suffrage League, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. March 26, 1917
Invitation from Ralph Brewster to Edward Newton Merrill, State Senator from Maine and a member of the League's executive committee, to attend a meeting of the Men's Equal Suffrage League in the Maine House of Representatives to organize for the…
Pledge form : New York State Woman Suffrage Party. [Circa 1917]
Blank statement of support for woman suffrage in New York State. Contains space for the name and address of the recipient, including county, assembly district, and election district.
Letter : Charles A. Greathouse, State Chairman, Democratic State Central Committee, to All District, County and Municipal Chairman. October 18, 1917
Letter sent by the state chairman to instruct all Democratic district, county and municipal chairman to select, nominate, and have appointed a Democratic woman for each election precinct clerk to receive, count, and canvass women's votes regardless…
Letter : Vera Boarman Whitehouse, Chairman, New York State Woman Suffrage Party, to male voter. [1917]
Letter addressed to a male New York voter (soldier) to lobby for the woman suffrage amendment. The packets sent out included suffrage literature.