Essay : Woman's right to the ballot by James H. Fairchild. 1870
Anti-suffrage
Ballot
Woman--Social and moral questions
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
James H. Fairchild was the third president of Oberlin College from 1866 until he retired in 1889. Fairchild was an abolitionist and argued for social reforms including temperance and coeducation of the sexes. He did not support woman's right to vote.
This article was first published as a series of papers in The Advance. Fairchild calls for a careful examination of impact on society if women were to have the right to vote. He reviews the issue from all sides and argues that there is no guarantee that granting women the right to vote will have a positive outcome.
Fairchild, James Harris, 1817-1902
Oberlin, Ohio : G.H. Fairchild
1870
67 p.
English
DOCU.1870.08
Oberlin, Ohio
Postcard : If I ever had a vote and you wanted it, you would sure get it. In Pittsburg, Pa. [1912]
Children
Children and politics
Voting
United States--Ohio--Oberlin
United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
This card, is part of a twelve-card series, featuring children, illustrated by Indiana artist Cobb Shinn. The illustration features a young boy smiling as a girl, wearing a "Votes for Wimmen" sash walks toward him carrying a rose.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Almeda Nell 33 Pleasant Street Oberlin, Ohio (c/o Mrs. H. Waih), and postmarked January 30, 1914. The message reads: "Dear Sister: Some class to the Smoky City after all, don't you think. Rec'd your letter and will answer soon. Glad to hear you are getting along [O.K.] in B. College. Lonvingly Mary & All."
Shinn, Cobb K.
New York : T.P. Co.
[1912]