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Pamphlet : Suffrage for Women Speech by John Stuart Mill in the British Parliament, May 20, 1867. Reprint. [Circa 1912]
In this address to Parliament, Mill argues that the the word "man" be changed to "person" in the bill they were debating, known as the Representation of the People Bill, later the Reform Bill of 1867. The motion lost by 123 votes.
The back…
The back…
Clipping : 10,000 Women Marching for Votes. The Literary Digest. May 18, 1912
Article with photographs about the suffrage procession held in New York on May 4, 1912. The pages were removed from the original magazine.
Invitation : The Equal Suffrage League of the City of New York to a meeting at the Hotel Astor. December 5, 1913
Printed invitation from the Equal Suffrage League of the City of New York to a public meeting on "Some Suffrage Problems." The invitation lists the speakers, including Miss Lillian D. Wald, Hon. John S. Crosby, and Dr. E. Stagg Whitin.
Envelope : Department of Woman Suffrage, Trend Magazine Publishing Company, New York, to Mrs. Ellen J. McHenry, Berkeley, California. March 16, 1914
Ellen McHenry was an author and a life member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
The Trend was a monthly periodical published by The Trend Magazine Publishing Company. It was intended to appeal to the general reader, and included…
The Trend was a monthly periodical published by The Trend Magazine Publishing Company. It was intended to appeal to the general reader, and included…
Envelope : Senate United States Part of Cong. Record-Free Article on woman suffrage introduced in United States Senate by Hon. James E. Martine, Senator from the State of New Jersey. February 25, 1915
The envelope was created to distribute the referenced article. This envelope is addressed to Clinton Ross, Glenmary, Owego New York.
Flier : A Woman's Business. [Circa 1913-1915]
Flier distributed by the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage emphasizing woman's duty to her family and her children.
Flier : What a vote will not do. [Circa 1913-1915]
Flier distributed by the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage that discusses issues that cannot be fixed with the right to vote, including fair wages, liquor distribution, and prostitution.
Voucher : Woman Suffrage Party Expense Voucher. [Circa 1915]
Blank expense voucher form for the Woman Suffrage Party of New York.
Pamphlet : Why Not? [1917]
The pamphlet asks and answers the question "In the United States all men are allowed to vote. Why not women?"
This pamphlet was published as a part of the campaign to lobby for woman's suffrage in the upcoming election in New York State. New York…
This pamphlet was published as a part of the campaign to lobby for woman's suffrage in the upcoming election in New York State. New York…
Clipping : "Women urge and Oppose Suffrage." [February 20, 1908]
News account of the supporters and opposition present at the hearing in Albany, New York on the constitutional amendment that would strike the word "male" from the provision regarding the right to vote.