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
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
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
Clipping : "Women Who Lead in Fight for the Ballot." November 16, 1916
Michigan--Newspapers
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Blake, Alde L.T.
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
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, Kalamazoo, Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. William F. Blake, Grand Rapids, Treasurer
Mrs. G.B. Jennison, Bay City, Auditor
Mrs. R.S. Langford, Ann Arbor, Auditor
Mrs. Wilber Brotherton, Detroit, Member Association of Women Suffrage of America
The newspaper is not identified.
11/16/16
English
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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
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
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 : The Revolution in women's work makes votes for women a practical necessity. [Circa 1913]
Employment--Women
Industrialization
Labor laws and legislation
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Originally written by Katharine Houghton Hepburn, member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, this statement was reprinted in a leaflet published by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, to lobby for women's suffrage in an upcoming state election. The statement addresses changes in women's social roles and employment because of industrialization and argues for women's right to vote to reflect their new roles and present conditions.
Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, 1878-1951
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913]
4 p.
DOCU.1913.04