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Flier : Is there any question about the liquor interests opposing woman suffrage? Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association. [1913]
Response by the Ingham County Equal Suffrage Association to anti-suffrage papers being distributed by saloon keepers and breweries in advance of the April 7, 1913 election. The message was to vote against the woman suffrage question because it would…
Leaflet : Prohibition and Woman Suffrage. March 16, 1897. [Circa 1897-1900]
Brief statement written by Mrs. W. Winslow (Elizabeth) Crannell refuting the suffrage argument that women voters would work for "prohibitory liquor laws." She reviews Colorado election statistics that appear to demonstrate that very few votes were…
Leaflet : Women and the liquor traffic : why female suffrage would not aid the cause of prohibition. April 4, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "E.S.C." The author argues that granting women the right to vote will do nothing to further the enforcement of "legislation aimed at the betterment of the human race," including…
Broadside : Vote yes on the Woman Suffrage Amendment. Ohio Woman Suffrage Association. [1914]
In preparation for the November 3rd referendum, the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association published this flier with statistics on the number of "farm women" and "organized women" in support of suffrage, and a copy of the amendments that would appear on the…
Article on woman suffrage introduced in the United States Senate by Hon. Thomas B. Catron, Senator from the state of New Mexico. February 19, 1917
Article, written by Senator Thomas B. Catron, in opposition to a federal suffrage amendment.
Contents include:
Failure of women to vote when given the ballot
The women's vote for president
Taxation and woman suffrage
Prohibition and woman…
Contents include:
Failure of women to vote when given the ballot
The women's vote for president
Taxation and woman suffrage
Prohibition and woman…
Clipping : "W.C.T.U. Leaders Besiege Congress: White Ribboners Seek Action on Bill Barring Shipment of Drinks in Dry States." [December 16, 1912]
Article on the lobby efforts of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for the Kenyon-Shephard bill, which would prohibit the shipment of alcohol into "dry" states.
The newspaper is not identifed and the year is written on the clipping.
The newspaper is not identifed and the year is written on the clipping.
Article on woman suffrage introduced in United States Senate by Hon. James E. Martine, Senator from the state of New Jersey. February 25, 1915
Senator James Martine, of New Jersey presents an article from the District of Columbia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage presenting with facts on the negative impact of women voters in states where women were granted the right to vote.
The…
The…
Letter and Envelope : Laura B. Morgan, Legislative Committee of the Washington Woman Suffrage Council, to Mrs. Albert Norton Wood. August 22, 1914
Written on Washington Woman Suffrage Council stationery.
Flier : Billy Sunday on Votes for Women. 1915
Flier issued in New Jersey prior to the October 1915 election where citizens voted on a suffrage referendum. At that point, no eastern state had yet adopted voting rights for women.
The flier features several short articles highlighting pro and…
The flier features several short articles highlighting pro and…