Clipping : "Progressives are pledged to help organized labor" by Jane Addams, Detroit News Tribune. October 20, 1912
Description
Addams discusses the growing Progressive Party, formed by Theodore Roosevelt and its potential to spark reform for industrial workers. She uses Roosevelt as someone who has the power and personality to "gather up the sense of social wrong and direct it into channels of redress, to focus the scattered moral energy of our vast nation and to turn it into practical reform."
Date
1912-10-20
Subject
Labor laws and legislation
Labor movement --United States
Political parties --United States
Progressive Party (1912)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
United States --Politics and government
Leaflet : The Revolution in women's work makes votes for women a practical necessity. [Circa 1913]
Description
Originally written by Katharine Houghton Hepburn, member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, this statement was reprinted in a leaflet published by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, to lobby for women's suffrage in an upcoming state election. The statement addresses changes in women's social roles and employment because of industrialization and argues for women's right to vote to reflect their new roles and present conditions.
Date
[Circa 1913]
Subject
Employment--Women
Industrialization
Labor laws and legislation
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Creator
Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, 1878-1951
Publisher
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Format
4 p.
Identifier
DOCU.1913.04
Original Format
Leaflets (printed works)
Physical Dimensions
22 x 13.5 cm.
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The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:35-04:00
Title
Circular : Woman suffrage. Its relation to working women and children/ by Florence Kelley [Circa 1913-1915]
Description
Reprint of an essay written by social reformer and political activist, Florence Kelley. Kelley argues that women need the right to vote in order to protect the interests of working women and children.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
Date
[Circa 1913-1915]
Subject
Child labor -- United States
Consumers' League of New York City
Employee rights
Labor laws and legislation
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women -- Employment -- United States
Creator
Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Publisher
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
Format
1 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1000.93
Original Format
Circulars (fliers)
Physical Dimensions
15.5 x 17.5 cm.
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The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement, were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:36-04:00
Title
Circular : Why the working woman needs the vote. / by Mrs. Mary Kenney O'Sullivan. [Circa 1913-1915]
Description
O'Sullivan argues that wage-earning women need the right to vote to ensure equal pay for equal work and working men should also want women's suffrage to protect their interests against the threat of cheap labor by women and children.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement, were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
Date
[Circa 1913-1915]
Subject
American Federation of Labor
Child labor -- United States
Employee rights
Labor laws and legislation
Labor unions
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Pay equity
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
Women -- Employment -- United States
Creator
O'Sullivan, Mary Kenney, 1864-1943
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Publisher
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
Format
2 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1000.97
Original Format
Circulars (fliers)
Physical Dimensions
16 x 17.5 cm.
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The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:36-04:00
Title
Circular : Living wages and the ballot. / by Dr. Raymond V. Phelan. [Circa 1913-1915]
Description
Reprint of an essay written by Raymond Vincent Phelan. Phelan argues that wage-earning women need to be a part of the labor unions and the right to vote to give them the power to protect their interests.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
Date
[Circa 1913-1915]
Subject
Employee rights
Labor laws and legislation
Labor unions
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Employment--United States
Creator
Phelan, Raymond Vincent
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Publisher
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
Format
2 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1000.94
Original Format
Circulars (fliers)
Physical Dimensions
16 x 17.5 cm.
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The cover illustration is by artist, Emily Ford with the caption:
The Woman-worker : 'They have a cheek! I've never been asked!'".
Maud Royden was the editor of the publication, the Vote. In this pamphlet, she discusses labor conditions and pay equity for women workers.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:17-04:00
Title
Pamphlet : Votes and Wages : how women's suffrage will improve the economic position of women by A. Maude Royden. 1912
Description
This is a new edition of the publication, and includes the article, "The emancipation of woman; an address by Samuel E. Eastman, D.D."
The cover illustration is by artist, Emily Ford with the caption:
The Woman-worker : 'They have a cheek! I've never been asked!'".
Maud Royden was the editor of the publication, the Vote. In this pamphlet, she discusses labor conditions and pay equity for women workers.
Date
1912-02
Subject
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Pay equity
Wages--Women
Women--Economic conditions
Women--Social conditions
Great Britain
Creator
Royden, A. Maude (Agnes Maude), 1876-1956
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Publisher
Westminster, S.W., National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Format
14 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1912.17
Original Format
Pamphlets
Physical Dimensions
21 cm.
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Thomas received her bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1877 and that same year, was the first woman to enter Johns Hopkins University at the graduate level. At Bryn Mawr, she was the Dean of the College and the first Professor of English. Thomas is best known for helping to facilitate the admission of women to the Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1893. She raised thousands of dollars for the National American Woman Suffrage Association and, in 1908, became the first president of the National College Women's Equal Suffrage League.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:17-04:00
Title
Pamphlet : A new fashioned argument for woman suffrage. Address at the college evening of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Buffalo. October 17, 1908
Description
Martha Carey Thomas was the second president of Bryn Mawr College from 1894 until 1922. In this address, she argues for financial and social equality for women. Thomas discusses the increasing presence of women in the workplace and that without the vote, working women will continue to be subject to laws that were often discriminatory and capricious.
Thomas received her bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1877 and that same year, was the first woman to enter Johns Hopkins University at the graduate level. At Bryn Mawr, she was the Dean of the College and the first Professor of English. Thomas is best known for helping to facilitate the admission of women to the Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1893. She raised thousands of dollars for the National American Woman Suffrage Association and, in 1908, became the first president of the National College Women's Equal Suffrage League.
Date
[1911]
Subject
Bryn Mawr College
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Employment--United States
Women social reformers