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Clipping : "The Crisis Today." The Bay City Times. 1913
The author discusses the woman suffrage amendment to be included in that day's election asks the question: "If woman is granted the franchise, what will she do with it?"
Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan in that election. Michigan women were…
Woman suffrage was defeated in Michigan in that election. Michigan women were…
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 : "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…
Clipping : "Women Who Lead in Fight for the Ballot." November 16, 1916
Photograph of the Board of the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association :
Mrs. Orton H. Clark, Kalamazoo, President
Dr. Blanche M. Haines, Three Rivers, First Vice President
Miss Harriet Comstock, Alpena, Third Vice President
Mrs. John C. Brander,…
Mrs. Orton H. Clark, Kalamazoo, President
Dr. Blanche M. Haines, Three Rivers, First Vice President
Miss Harriet Comstock, Alpena, Third Vice President
Mrs. John C. Brander,…
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…
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…
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…
Leaflet : "Women have no time for politics" Vote to give HER the ballot in Michigan. [1912]
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…
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…
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…