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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.
Broadside : Logic for the business man. South Dakota Universal Franchise League. [1916]
Appeals to businessmen by making the argument that voting for the woman suffrage amendment on November 7th is logical and "good business." The amendment lost in 1916.
The South Dakota Universal Franchise League was organized in 1911 by Mary…
The South Dakota Universal Franchise League was organized in 1911 by Mary…
Broadside : Isn't it true? South Dakota Universal Franchise League. [Circa 1914-1918]
Answers the question "isn't it true" to issues that support women being granted the right to vote.
The South Dakota Universal Franchise League was organized in 1911 by Mary Shields ("Mamie") Pyle. South Dakota granted women the right to vote in…
The South Dakota Universal Franchise League was organized in 1911 by Mary Shields ("Mamie") Pyle. South Dakota granted women the right to vote in…
Flier: Not at home. You were out today! New York State Woman Suffrage Party. Circa 1917
Series of statements about where women go during the day, including children's school, grocery store, buying clothes, and looking for employment, and how those places are under some type of political control. The final question is: "Who controls…
Leaflet : Facing facts; woman suffrage will improve the electorate in New York State. New York State Woman Suffrage Party. April 1917
Leaflet issued by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, argues that woman suffrage will benefit the state because women voters will increase the native-born vote, the proportion of educated voters, the law-abiding vote, and the powers of good.
Flier: Not at home. You were out today! New York State Woman Suffrage Party. [Circa 1917]
Series of statements about where women go during the day, including children's school, grocery store, buying clothes, and looking for employment, and how those places are under some type of political control. The final question is: "Who controls…
Flier : Women in the home. [Circa 1915-1917]
Makes the argument that if women's place is in the home and they are held responsible for the conditions in which their families' live, they should have the right to vote in order to help control those conditions.
Leaflet : The wrong of suffrage / Heloise Jamison. May, 1894. [Circa 1894-1900]
Reprinted "from an Article in the American Woman's Journal for May, 1894."
The author argues against women's suffrage, writing that woman's power and influence is in the home and through her family, and claiming the ballot "would be a hindrance"…
The author argues against women's suffrage, writing that woman's power and influence is in the home and through her family, and claiming the ballot "would be a hindrance"…
Circular : That "biological argument." / by Dr. Woods Hutchinson. [Circa 1913-1915]
Portion of an article from the Saturday Evening Post written by Dr. Woods Hutchinson, an English physician. Hutchinson argues that women's experience as homemakers is the reason they should be politically active.
The National American Woman…
The National American Woman…
Clipping : Advertisement for General Electric. [The Century Magazine]. [Circa 1921-1925]
Made a connection between women's political progress and electrical progress and encouraged women to purchase small electrical appliances.
This may have been published in The Century magazine. On the reverse of the advertisement is an…
This may have been published in The Century magazine. On the reverse of the advertisement is an…