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Postcard : Governor Hughes' Vetoes; the real Hughes and woman's rights. 1907
In 1907, Charles Evans Hughes, Governor of New York, vetoed a bill to provide equal pay to men and women holding the same position. This card comments on Hughes' veto of the equal pay bill and a teacher's retirement pension bill for the public…
Clipping : "Woman suffrage declared a failure." The Literary Digest. April 12, 1924
Clipping from the Literary Digest suggests that women in the United States are apathetic about public affairs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, and several woman suffrage supporters provide a…