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Circular : The direct way. / by Frances Squire Potter. [Circa 1913-1915]
Frances Squire Potter, author, educator and lecturer, refutes two common anti-suffrage arguments. The first, that equal suffrage is not a pressing need, to which she answers that granting women's suffrage will make addressing other issues "easier and…
Circular : Voting and fighting. / by Alice Stone Blackwell. [Circa 1913]
Alice Stone Blackwell addresses the idea that if women were granted the right to vote, they should also be able to fight as a soldier or a police officer. She argues that a significant portion of men are neither soldier or police officer, but still…
Circular : What difference does it make to the woman. / by Ellis Meredith. [Circa 1913-1915]
Portion of an article written by journalist and writer, Ellis Meredith, entitled "The Struggle for Equal Rights" originally published in "Pictorial Review." Meredith enumerates the ways in which the lack of suffrage impacts women, including marriage…
Circular : Why the housekeeper needs the vote. / by Anne O'Hagan. [Circa 1913-1915]
Reprinted from Smith's Magazine, housekeeper, Anne O'Hagan argues that housekeepers and homemakers need the right to vote because of their concern for tenement house laws, safe and pure food laws, building codes, and other issues related to safety in…
Circular : Why the working woman needs the vote. / by Mrs. Mary Kenney O'Sullivan. [Circa 1913-1915]
O'Sullivan argues that wage-earning women need the right to vote to ensure equal pay for equal work and working men should also want women's suffrage to protect their interests against the threat of cheap labor by women and children.
The National…
The National…
Circular : Woman suffrage. Its relation to working women and children/ by Florence Kelley [Circa 1913-1915]
Reprint of an essay written by social reformer and political activist, Florence Kelley. Kelley argues that women need the right to vote in order to protect the interests of working women and children.
The National American Woman Suffrage…
The National American Woman Suffrage…
Circular : Woman's place. / by Mary Alden Hopkins. 1913
Originally published under the title "Boundaries of Home," in "The Congregationalist", Mary Alden Hopkins argues that the nation needs both a mother and a father to ensure all important issues are addressed, including food safety, sanitation, clean…
Clipping : "'Votes for Women' Hikers March On."[December 17, 1912]
Brief update on the progress of "General" Rosalie Jones and her "army" of suffrage hikers from Manhattan to Albany, New York to present suffrage petitions to Governor-Elect William Sulzer and draw publicity to the cause.
Rosalie Jones was a…
Rosalie Jones was a…
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 : "25 Suffragettes Start Hike from New York to Albany to Push 'Cause'." [December 16, 1912]
Article on the beginning of the 140-mile suffrage pilgrimage by "General" Rosalie Jones and her "army" of hikers from Manhattan to Albany, New York to present suffrage petitions to Governor-Elect William Sulzer and draw publicity to the…