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Clipping : "20,000 Suffrage Enthusiasts Hike / New York City Women Plan big celebration of victory in four states." [November 9, 1912]
News article about the torchlight parade for women's suffrage held in New York City to celebrate women winning the right to vote in four states, including Kansas, Arizona, Michigan, and Oregon.
Article includes a photograph with caption: "Beatrice…
Article includes a photograph with caption: "Beatrice…
Clipping : "Why are women not allowed to stay at polls? Suffrage assn. urges the election inspectors to read laws." [The Bay City Tribune.] [1912]
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.
Clipping : "Favors Suffrage" by A.C. Monroe. [Circa 1913-1918]
Brief opinion piece advocating for woman's suffrage in Michigan.
Flier : Why Michigan lost the equal suffrage amendment in 1912. [1913]
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…
Authorization by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association to be a "challenger" during the election. 1912
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…
Pamphlet : A Plain Talk to Workingmen on a Square Deal. [1917]
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…
In 1917, Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. In…
Flier : Is there any question about the liquor interests opposing woman suffrage? Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association. [1913]
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…
Leaflet. Vote for suffrage, April 7. Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association. 1913
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…
Flier : Have you ever thought why your mother, wife, sister and daughter are not allowed to vote? [1912]
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…
It was distributed by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Organization to lobby for the upcoming referendum on woman's suffrage. The…
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
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…
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…