Leaflet : "Women have no time for politics" Vote to give HER the ballot in Michigan. [1912]
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Homemakers
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Politics and government
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Series of fliers urging voters to grant women the vote in Michigan in the upcoming election. The fliers compares the amount of time women spend out of the house working to the amount of time she would spend on politics and argues for suffrage as a way to bring a positive force into politics.
[Michigan Equal Suffrage Association]
[Michigan Equal Suffrage Association]
1912
3 p.
English
DOCU.1912.15
Clipping : "Women Close the Campaign Calm, Hopeful; Suffragists have conducted a dignified, careful canvass in Michigan / Woman Suffrage." The Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1912
Anti-suffrage
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Political campaigns
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Two articles:
The first is a review of the campaign for women's suffrage in Michigan as the election approaches. The article includes a statement by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association.
The second is an editorial by Charles R. Evans, in opposition to the suffrage amendment.
Evans, Charles
11/3/12
English
Michigan
Flier : Have you ever thought why your mother, wife, sister and daughter are not allowed to vote? [1912]
Constitution of the United States
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Reprint of text originally written by Katharine Houghton Hepburn for the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
It was distributed by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Organization to lobby for the upcoming referendum on woman's suffrage. The referendum did not pass at that time.
In 1917, Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. In 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, 1878-1951
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[1912]
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1912.05
Detroit, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Leaflet. Vote for suffrage, April 7. Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association. 1913
Anti-suffrage
Elections
Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
Ingham County, Mich. Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Urges readers to vote for the suffrage amendment in the upcoming election on April 7, 1913. Reprints an editorial from the Lansing State Journal about the composition of the Detroit anti-suffrage movement as primarily social leaders who were a part of a group call the "400."
Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections in 1917 and in 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
Michigan : Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
[1913]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1913.11
Flier : Is there any question about the liquor interests opposing woman suffrage? Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association. [1913]
Anti-suffrage
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
Liquor industry
Prohibition
Voting
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Response by the Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association to anti-suffrage papers being distributed by saloon keepers and breweries in advance of the April 7, 1913 election. The message was to vote against the woman suffrage question because it would ensure state wide prohibition and shut down businesses.
Woman suffrage was defeated in the 1913 election. Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections in 1917 and in 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
Michigan : Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association
[1913]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1913.12
Pamphlet : A Plain Talk to Workingmen on a Square Deal. [1917]
Michigan--Politics and government--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Pamphlet addresses working men as a "big factor" in the upcoming election and appeals to their understanding of having to work hard to win the right to vote.
In 1917, Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. In 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Detroit : Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[1917]
15 p.
English
DOCU.1917.06
Authorization by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association to be a "challenger" during the election. 1912
Bay City Equal Suffrage Association
Elections
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Polling places
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Blank form created by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, to be signed by the acting president of the Bay City Equal Suffrage Assocaiton, to authorize individuals appointed by the organization as "challengers" to polling places during the election. Challengers were stationed at polling places to guard against any potential abuse by witnessing the votes, inspecting poll lists, etc.
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Detroit, Mich. : Bay City Equal Suffrage Association
1912
1 p.
English
DOCU.1912.14
Flier : Why Michigan lost the equal suffrage amendment in 1912. [1913]
Anti-suffrage
Campaign literature
Constitutional amendments
Elections--Corrupt practices
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Discusses the results of the 1912 election in Michigan, when the woman suffrage amendment was defeated, and the reasons for this result. According to the information provided, the amendment passed, but was nullified by "political manipulation" and there is a list some of the "irregularities" that were found. The verso provides a list of arguments made by "bad people" against woman suffrage, and includes "the gambler", "the grafter", "the employer of child labor", "the white slave trafficker", and more.
Woman suffrage was defeated again in the 1913 election. Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections in 1917 and in 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Detroit, Mich. : Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[1913]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1913.13
Clipping : "Favors Suffrage" by A.C. Monroe. [Circa 1913-1918]
Michigan--Newspapers
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Brief opinion piece advocating for woman's suffrage in Michigan.
Monroe, A.C.
1916
English
Michigan
Clipping : "Why are women not allowed to stay at polls? Suffrage assn. urges the election inspectors to read laws." [The Bay City Tribune.] [1912]
Bay County Equal Suffrage Assocation
Elections
Polling places
United States--Michigan--Bay County
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
News article about efforts by members of the Bay County Equal Suffrage Association to force election inspectors to review state laws to confirm the rights of women in Michigan to be represented at every polling precinct throughout the county.
[1912]
English
Bay City, Michigan