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The pamphlet, addressed "to the men of Massachusetts" provides detailed arguments against woman suffrage. Sections include: "The vote not a natural right" "A privilege with a heavy obligation" "The net result of woman suffrage a loss to women and to…

William Bowditch was a conveyancer, a lawyer specializing in buying and selling property, in Boston. He lived in Brookline, Massachusetts and served as a selectman and moderator of Town Meetings for a number of years. He was a well-known abolitionist…

The pamphlet is inscribed along the top: "Compliments of Clement K. Fay."
In 1887, a hearing was held to consider enacting a law securing municipal suffrage for women in Massachusetts. Clement K. Fay spoke for the opposition. The bill was not…

Reprint of Julia Ward Howe's address on suffrage at the May Festival of the New England Woman Suffrage Association. The New England Woman Suffrage Association was formed in November, 1868, with Julia Ward Howe as president. The Association's annual…

Presents reasons why women are opposed to giving women the right to vote, and serves as an instructional manual for anti-suffragists to learn public speaking and debate.

Monthly newsletter published by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association.

Monthly newsletter published by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association.

Postcard notice of a public meeting with some political candidates to discuss the woman suffrage amendment.
Speakers included:
Otis Emerson Dunham, President, Hughes Club; Sylvester McBride, Socialist candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of…

Play portrays a series of moments in the life of Massachusetts suffragist, Lucy Stone in her work for political equality and social change. The play premiered in Boston on May 9, 1939.

Letter from the president of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government, encouraging hard work in the coming year and participation in the organization's upcoming activities, including the Boston Table of the Bay State Fair, and a…