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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter : Robert Whitehouse, President, Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. August 16, 1917]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine<br />
Merrill, Edward Newton<br />
Referendum<br />
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-<br />
United States--Maine--Portland<br />
United States--Maine--Skowhegan<br />
Women--Suffrage--Maine]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Letter from Robert Whitehouse, President of the Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League, to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the League&#039;s executive committee. Treathouse requests Merrill arrange suffrage meetings in Somerset County in places where there might be the greatest need and for which the League could send speakers.<br />
<br />
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the federal amendment and when a referendum vote was held, Maine women won the right to vote in presidential elections.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1917-08-16]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[1 p.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[DOCU.1917.19]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Maine]]></dcterms:coverage>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter : Robert Whitehouse, President, Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. August 9, 1917]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine<br />
Merrill, Edward Newton<br />
Referendum<br />
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-<br />
United States--Maine--Portland<br />
United States--Maine--Skowhegan<br />
Women--Suffrage--Maine]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Follow-up to a soliciation letter sent by Robert Whitehouse, President of the Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League, to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the League&#039;s executive committee. Treathouse requested both a financial contributionand Merrill&#039;s recommendations for men in his town who could serve as Town Committeemen to help organize for the state suffrage referendum.<br />
<br />
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the federal amendment and when a referendum vote was held, Maine women won the right to vote in presidential elections.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1917-08-09]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[1 p.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[DOCU.1917.18]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Maine]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://lewissuffragecollection.omeka.net/items/show/1399">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter : Robert Whitehouse, President, Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. June 21, 1917]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine<br />
Merrill, Edward Newton<br />
Referendum<br />
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-<br />
United States--Maine--Portland<br />
United States--Maine--Skowhegan<br />
Women--Suffrage--Maine]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Follow-up to a letter sent by Robert Whitehouse, President of the Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League, to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the League&#039;s executive committee. Treathouse requested the names of men in Merrill&#039;s town, Somerset County, who would serve as Town Committeemen to help organize for the state suffrage referendum.<br />
<br />
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the federal amendment and when a referendum vote was held, Maine women won the right to vote in presidential elections.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1917-06-21]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[1 p.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[DOCU.1917.17]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Maine]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://lewissuffragecollection.omeka.net/items/show/1398">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter : Robert Whitehouse, President, Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. June 20, 1917]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine<br />
Merrill, Edward Newton<br />
Referendum<br />
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-<br />
United States--Maine--Portland<br />
United States--Maine--Skowhegan<br />
Women--Suffrage--Maine]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Soliciation letter sent by Robert Whitehouse, President of the Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League, to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the League&#039;s executive committee. Treathouse updates Merrill on the League&#039;s progress and requests a financial contribution.<br />
<br />
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the federal amendment and when a referendum vote was held, Maine women won the right to vote in presidential elections.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1917-06-20]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[2 p.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[DOCU.1917.16]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Maine]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://lewissuffragecollection.omeka.net/items/show/1397">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter : Robert Whitehouse, President, Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. June 1, 1917]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine<br />
Merrill, Edward Newton<br />
Referendum<br />
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-<br />
United States--Maine--Portland<br />
United States--Maine--Skowhegan<br />
Women--Suffrage--Maine]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Soliciation letter from Robert Whitehouse, President of the Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League, to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the League&#039;s executive committee. Treathouse requests a financial contribution as well as Merrill&#039;s recommendations for men in his town who could serve as Town Committeemen to help organize for the state suffrage referendum.<br />
<br />
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the federal amendment and when a referendum vote was held, Maine women won the right to vote in presidential elections.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1917-06-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[1p.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[DOCU.1917.15]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Maine]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://lewissuffragecollection.omeka.net/items/show/1130">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Woman&#039;s Tribune. Vol. 2, No. 5. March 1885]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906<br />
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879<br />
National Woman Suffrage Association (U.S.)<br />
Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association--Newspapers<br />
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902<br />
United States--Nebraska--Beatrice<br />
United States--Oregon--Portland<br />
Women--Press coverage<br />
Women--Suffrage--Newspapers<br />
Women&#039;s rights--Newspapers]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Published from 1883 to 1909 and established by Clara Bewick Colby, the Woman&#039;s Tribune was the first daily paper ever produced and edited by a woman. It was published in Beatrice, Nebraska and in Washington, D.C. until Colby moved to Portland, Oregon in 1904. It ceased publication in 1909.<br />
<br />
This issue contains a report by Managing Editor, S.R.L. Williams, on the 17th National Convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association held in Washington, D.C. on January 20-22; a speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton; a reprint of a letter from William Lloyd Garrison to Susan B. Anthony dated Jan. 11, 1885; and a list of all the officers of the National Woman Suffrage Association for 1885.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Colby, Clara Dorothy Bewick, 1846-1916]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Beatrice, Neb., Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1885-03]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ALMS.1885.03]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Beatrice, Nebraska]]></dcterms:coverage>
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