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Postcard : The suffragette. Generalesss of the army. 1909
This card, Number 4015, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, the woman appears in an evening gown as the "Generaless of the Army" with the message: "If you were the enemy, would…
Broadside : Notice of Submission of Constitutional Amendments at the General Election to be held November 6, 1917
Public notice of the resolutions of the New York State Senate and Assembly to be voted on by the electorate on November 6, 1917, including the woman suffrage amendment. The referendum passed, granting New York women the right to vote.
The Women's Political World. Vol. I, No. 1. January 6, 1913
First issue of this publication.
Tagline: "Immediate Object: Securing Woman Suffrage in New York State in 1915."
Publication contains information on the women's suffrage movement in New York State and the national movement.
Tagline: "Immediate Object: Securing Woman Suffrage in New York State in 1915."
Publication contains information on the women's suffrage movement in New York State and the national movement.
Broadside : You will wish to hear the famous Canadian woman suffrage leader Mrs. Flora McD. Dennison and Mr. Frank Dunham… : the final suffrage mass meeting… [Circa 1917]
Promotional flier for the "final suffrage mass meeting" before the upcoming election on November 6, 1917, most likely held in Albany, New York. Flora MacDonald Dennison served as President of the Candian Woman Suffrage Association and spent two years…
Leaflet : Suffrage as a war measure. October 1917
Argues that women in Canada, Russia, Norway, Finland, France, Denmark, Italy, and Yucatan all either have the vote or are awaiting measures under consideration. Urges New York men to consider the patriotism of New York women and vote for woman…
Broadside : Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason Because… [Circa 1915]
Lists reasons why women want the right to vote, including the fact that they pay taxes, want to improve children's lives, want to improve conditions for women workers, they are consumers and need full representation, and women are citizens.
Flier : Women in the home. [Circa 1915-1917]
Makes the argument that if women's place is in the home and they are held responsible for the conditions in which their families' live, they should have the right to vote in order to help control those conditions.
Flier : To the voters; resolution adopted by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party Conference, Saratoga, August 30th, 1917.
Flier published by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party that contains the text of a resolution adopted during the organization's conference in Saratoga, condemning the National Woman's Party pickets of the White House and reaffirming their loyalty…
Broadside : What every woman knows. New York State Woman Suffrage Party. [1917]
Flier argues that wives are partners to their husband's in the home and should also be able to vote as partners.
Issued in advance of the 1917 election when New York women were granted the right to vote.
Issued in advance of the 1917 election when New York women were granted the right to vote.
Flier : A million women : appeal to the voters of New York for Justice. Empire State Campaign Committee. 1915
Flier published by the Empire State Campaign Committee in advance of the 1915 election in New York contains statistics and arguments about women's suffrage, including the number of women who want the right to vote, the number of women already able to…