Postcard : Votes for Women. [1909]
California Equal Suffrage Association
United States--California
Postcard possibly created by the California Equal Suffrage Association. The yellow and black illustration on the recto is a woman holding a "Votes for Women" flag. The rest of the card was left blank.
On the recto, the message reads: "Dear Mitie, / I just want to let you know I asked miss Pattison to send you a box of liners on approval. I hope you like some of the things - I wrote the baby yesterday - I had a nice
(continued on verso):
"letter from Billy saying he had written you - What kind of a letter was it. Love to you all. / Mary"
On the verso, the card is addressed to Mrs. Ray E. Frazier El Dorado, Kansas, and postmarked February 19, 1909.
[California Equal Suffrage Association]
[1909]
The great epigram campaign of Kansas; Championship of woman; the revolution; Thirty speeches in two weeks in all parts of Kansas. 1867
Train, George Francis, 1829-1904
Women -- Suffrage -- Kansas
Compilation of editorials, speeches, and extracts from journals about American entrepreneur, George Francis Train's trip to Kansas to stump for woman's suffrage. In November 1867, Kansas held a referendum to grant the vote to women and blacks in Kansas. The referendum did not pass.
Train, George Francis, 1829-1904
Leavenworth, Kans. : Prescott & Hume
1867
80 p.
English
DOCU.1867.02
Kansas
The Topeka State Journal. (Topeka, Kan.) August 18, 1920
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Bratton, Robert W.
Brent, Margaret, approximately 1601-1670
Burn, Harry Thomas, 1895-1977
Constitutional amendments--Ratification
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Shawnee County (Kan.)--Newspapers
Topeka (Kan.)--Newspapers
Walker, Seth M., 1892-1951
Women--Suffrage--Tennessee
The main headline for this issue is "Tennessee Ratifies Suffrage Amendment/Seventeen Million Women of Country Granted Right to Vote for President in November Election by Action Today." Two different stories follow:
"Motion Made to Reconsider/ Will have right of way in Tennessee House Thursday/ Suffragists Confident 'Antis' Last Attempt Will Fail/ Wild Scenes in Chamber/ Almost Fist Fight Between Two Legislators /Certify Ratification Next Step, If Reconsideration Fails."
A detailed discussion of the legislative events in Tennessee which led to the passage of the federal suffrage amendment.
"Kansas Started Partial Suffrage/ Legislature Struck Out Word 'Male' in 1874/ Since then several states Have Acted Independently/ Began Before Revolution/ Maryland Woman Demanded Voice in Assembly in 1647/ Nineteenth Amendment Monument to Susan B. Anthony."
The article details the history of votes for women in the United States, citing Kansas as the first state to attempt to give partial suffrage. The article delves into the history of the women's suffrage movement, including Margaret Brent, Abigail Adams, and the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.
Topeka, Kan : F.P. MacLennan
1920-08-18
English
Text
Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas