Advertisement : Anti-suffrage campaign manual by Mrs. Albert T. Leatherbee. [1915]
Description
Advertisement for the Anti-Suffrage Campaign Manual, distributed by the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of Massachusetts. Ethel Leatherbee was the Chief of the Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Bureau of Information, which also endorsed the book.
Date
[1915]
Subject
Anti-suffrage
Codman, Mrs. James
Leatherbee, E.B. (Ethel Brigham)
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of Massachusetts
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Women--Suffrage--United States--Controversial literature
Creator
Leatherbee, E.B. (Ethel Brigham)
Publisher
Boston : Mrs. A.T. Leatherbee
Format
1 sheet ([1] p.)
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1915.46
Original Format
Advertisements
Physical Dimensions
8 x 14 cm.
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The programme list includes: "the woman's suffrage plank the best in the platform. Equal rights to all, without test of race or color."
On the reverse is an illustration of Bigelow's Garden.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:02-04:00
Title
Advertisement : concert at Bigelow's Garden in Worcester, Massachusetts in honor of General Butler, with novelties, bombs, shells, etc. October 28, 1882
Description
The concert appears to be a rally for General Benjamin Butler, a Civil War general, lawyer, and politician, during his run for Governor of Massachusetts.
The programme list includes: "the woman's suffrage plank the best in the platform. Equal rights to all, without test of race or color."
On the reverse is an illustration of Bigelow's Garden.
Date
1882-10-28
Subject
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
United States --Massachusetts --Worcester
United States --Politics and government
Women --Suffrage --Massachusetts
Format
1 p.
Language
English
Identifier
ALMS.1882.01
Coverage
Worcester, Massachusetts
Original Format
Advertisements
Physical Dimensions
18 x 11.5 cm.
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Massachusetts voters rejected the referendum in November 1915, along with New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts became the eighth state to ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:29-04:00
Title
Broadside : As man to man. Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. [1915]
Description
Argues that men are primarily concerned with their interests and do not represent women's interests.
Massachusetts voters rejected the referendum in November 1915, along with New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On June 25, 1919, Massachusetts became the eighth state to ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.
Date
[1915]
Subject
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Voting
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Creator
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Publisher
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
Format
1 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1915.33
Original Format
Broadside (notices)
Physical Dimensions
12.5 x 18 cm.
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The flier notes Mary Schlesinger, President and Susan W. Fitzgerald, Secretary.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:28-04:00
Published around the time of the November 1911 elections, the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association points out the types of laws related to "woman's sphere" that men are elected to make and enforce, including child labor, schools, milk supply, and moral conditions.
The flier notes Mary Schlesinger, President and Susan W. Fitzgerald, Secretary.
Date
1911-11-07
Subject
Election Day
Elections
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Voting
Woman--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Creator
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association
Format
1 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1911.02
Coverage
Massachusetts
Original Format
Broadside (notices)
Physical Dimensions
13 x 17 cm.
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Foxcroft appeals to Massachusetts voters to prevent women from voting for this reason.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:20-04:00
Title
Broadside : Woman suffrage and the forces of evil. [1913]
Description
Reprint of a letter to the editor of The Congregationalist newspaper. The author argues that the recent bill granting women the right to vote in Illinois opened the door to the liquor interests to organize women's groups to increase support in future municipal campaigns for the right to "self-government."
Foxcroft appeals to Massachusetts voters to prevent women from voting for this reason.
Date
[1913]
Subject
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
Anti-suffrage
Liquor industry
McCulloch, Catherine Waugh, 1862-1945
New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
The Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.)
United Societies for Local Self-Government
Women--Suffrage--Illinois
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Creator
Foxcroft, Frank, 1850-1921
Publisher
New York : New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
Circular : Woman Suffrage Bazar. December 26 - 31, 1870
Description
Circular published by the New England Woman Suffrage Association, containing details of the first woman suffrage bazaar to be held at Music Hall in Boston. The Circular Committee requested contributions of articles for the Bazaar be sent to the Woman's Journal offices in Boston. The Committee included Julia Ward Howe, Mary A. Livermore, and Mary E. Sargent.
Date
1870
Subject
Bazaars (Charities)--Massachusetts--Boston
New England Woman's Suffrage Association (Boston, Mass.)
Women--Suffrage--Masschusetts
Creator
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905
Sargent, Mary E.
Publisher
Boston, Mass. : New England Woman Suffrage Association
Disunion: two discourses at Music Hall, on January 20th, and February 17th, 1861
Description
Two speeches given by famed abolitionist and orator, Wendell Phillips. The first is entitled "The Lesson of the Hour." The second, entitled "Progress" was addressed to the twenty-eighth Congregational Society. In the second, Phillips discusses the idea that slaves will help achieve their own liberation. He also discusses his support of the secession of South Carolina and other southern states, declaring himself a "disunion man."
Date
1861
Subject
Secession
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861