Postcard : Governor Hughes' Vetoes; the real Hughes and woman's rights. 1907
Campaign literature
Elections
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948
Pay equity -- Law and legislation -- New York (State)
Sex discrimination against women -- New York (State)
Women teachers -- New York (State)
In 1907, Charles Evans Hughes, Governor of New York, vetoed a bill to provide equal pay to men and women holding the same position. This card comments on Hughes' veto of the equal pay bill and a teacher's retirement pension bill for the public schools of Schenectady, New York. This card was most likely published as a part of the campaign against his reelection in 1908.
1907
English
DOCU.1907.04
New York
Pamphlet : Women's votes and wages by F.W. Pethick Lawrence. [Circa 1911-1912]
Pay equity
Wages--Women--Great Britain
Women--Employment
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Frederick Pethick Lawrence was a politician married to suffragist Emmeline Pethick. He became involved in the Labour Party and the Women's Social and Political Union.
In this article, Pethick Lawrence discusses the disparity in women's wages and the need for equal pay reform. His "call to action" is women's right to vote.
Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, Baron, 1871-1961
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
[London] : Woman's Press
[ca. 1911-1912]
24 p.
English
DOCU.1910.13
Pamphlet : Votes and Wages : how women's suffrage will improve the economic position of women by A. Maude Royden. 1912
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Pay equity
Wages--Women
Women--Economic conditions
Women--Social conditions
Great Britain
This is a new edition of the publication, and includes the article, "The emancipation of woman; an address by Samuel E. Eastman, D.D."
The cover illustration is by artist, Emily Ford with the caption:
The Woman-worker : 'They have a cheek! I've never been asked!'".
Maud Royden was the editor of the publication, the Vote. In this pamphlet, she discusses labor conditions and pay equity for women workers.
Royden, A. Maude (Agnes Maude), 1876-1956
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Westminster, S.W., National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
1912-02
14 p.
English
DOCU.1912.17
Leaflet : What good will suffrage do them? Committee on protest against women suffrage. [Circa 1896-1900]
Article written published by the Committee on Protest against Woman Suffrage of the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York, argues that women will not necessarily be better off if they are granted the right to vote. The author focuses specifically on the issue of pay equity and protective labor legislation.
[Albany, N.Y.] : Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York
[Circa 1896-1900]
3 p.
English
DOCU.1000.73
Circular : Do teachers need the ballot? / by Alice Stone Blackwell. 1913
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950
Education
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Pay equity
Teachers--Salaries, etc.
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
Alice Stone Blackwell discusses the the amount of money appropritated for education and the difference in teacher's salaries in suffrage versus non-suffrage states.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars written by well-known activists on the social, political, and economic reasons why women should be granted the right to vote. The circulars, along with novelties such as buttons, stationery, playing cards and other materials to advertise the suffrage movement, were included in a mail-order "Catalog of Suffrage Literature and Supplies" produced by the NAWSA Literature Committee.
Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National American Woman Suffrage Association
[Circa 1913-1915]
2 p.
English
DOCU.1000.110