Flier : A word to the wise. Empire State Campaign Committee. [Circa 1914-1915]
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Empire State Campaign Committee
Taylor, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1858-1941
Voting
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Women--Suffrage--New York
Using excerpts from a pro-suffrage speech by Congressman Edward T. Taylor, of Colorado, where women were granted full suffrage in 1893, he answers common questions about the impact of woman suffrage in his state. These issues include whether or not husband and wife vote alike, if the criminal vote was doubled, if bad women vote, if it increase corruption in politics, and whether woman suffrage had done any good in the state.
The Empire State Campaign Committee was a coalition of organizations, including the Women's Suffrage Party, the Women's Suffrage Association, the Women's Political Union and other similar organizations, headed by Carrie Chapman Catt. It was created to bring New York women together in support of the state woman suffrage amendment. The New York referendum was defeated in 1915 but passed two years later in November 1917.
Empire State Campaign Committee
New York : Empire State Campaign Committee
[Circa 1914-1915]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1915.24
Flier : A million women : appeal to the voters of New York for Justice. Empire State Campaign Committee. 1915
American Revolution
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Empire State Campaign Committee
Presidents--Election
Voting
Whitman, Charles S., 1868-1947
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Women--Suffrage--New York
Flier published by the Empire State Campaign Committee in advance of the 1915 election in New York contains statistics and arguments about women's suffrage, including the number of women who want the right to vote, the number of women already able to vote in western states, the political officials in favor of women's suffrage, and the types of women who want to vote (teachers, wage-earning women, housekeepers, etc.).
The Empire State Campaign Committee was a coalition of organizations, including the Women's Suffrage Party, the Women's Suffrage Association, the Women's Political Union and other similar organizations, headed by Carrie Chapman Catt. It was created to bring New York women together in support of the state woman suffrage amendment. The referendum was defeated in 1915 but passed two years later in November 1917.
Empire State Campaign Committee
New York : Empire State Campaign Committee
1915
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1915.48
Flier : Have you ever thought why your mother, wife, sister and daughter are not allowed to vote? [1912]
Constitution of the United States
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Reprint of text originally written by Katharine Houghton Hepburn for the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
It was distributed by the Michigan Equal Suffrage Organization to lobby for the upcoming referendum on woman's suffrage. The referendum did not pass at that time.
In 1917, Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. In 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, 1878-1951
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[1912]
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1912.05
Detroit, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Poster Stamp : Vote for the woman suffrage amendment in November.
Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia
Maps
Referendum
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Yellow, black and blue poster stamp with a map of the United States indicating where women have the vote.
This was one of two versions created, one for the 1915 Pennsylvania referendum, and this generic one, intended for national distribution.
Katzenstein, Caroline, 1888-1968
[Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia]
1915
Letter : Deborah K. Livingston, Maine Woman Suffrage Association, to Hon. Edward N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. April 6, 1917
Livingston, Deborah Knox
Maine. Legislature. Senate
Maine Woman Suffrage Association
Merrill, Edward Newton
Referendum
United States--Maine--Bangor
United States--Maine--Skowhegan
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women--Suffrage--Russia
Women--Sufffrage--Maine
Solicitation letter from Deborah K. Livingston, Chairman of the Campaign Committee of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the executive committee of the Men's Equal Suffrage League, to fund the suffrage referendum campaign. She references progress toward woman suffrage in Canada, Great Britain, and Russia.
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.
Livingston, Deborah Knox
1917-04-06
1 p.
English
DOCU.1917.14
Maine
Leaflet : The woman suffrage vote; an analysis of it by the Man Suffrage Association. December 4, 1895. [Circa 1895-1900]
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Elections
Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association
Referendum
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
Letter written "to the people of Massachusetts" by Francis C. Lowell, Chairman, and Charles R. Saunders, Secretary, of the Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association. The letter analyzed the results of the 1895 non-binding referendum concerning municipal suffrage for women. Women were permitted to vote on the issue, but the measure was overwhelmingly rejected.
The letter was printed for distribution by the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York in Albany, New York.
Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association
[Albany, N.Y.] : [Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York]
[Circa 1895-1900]
3 p.
English
DOCU.1000.49
Pamphlet : A Plain Talk to Workingmen on a Square Deal. [1917]
Michigan--Politics and government--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Michigan
Pamphlet addresses working men as a "big factor" in the upcoming election and appeals to their understanding of having to work hard to win the right to vote.
In 1917, Michigan women were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. In 1918, Michigan voters approved the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to Michigan women.
Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
Detroit : Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
[1917]
15 p.
English
DOCU.1917.06
Flier : Votes for Women a Success The Map Proves It. [1915]
Maps
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
United States--Pennsylvania--Harrisburg
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Flier distributed to state organizations to lobby for state suffrage.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
1915
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1915.16
Flier : These New Jersey officials and prominent citizens are for woman suffrage. Are you? New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association. [1915]
Constitutional amendment
Elections
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
Referendum
Voting
Women--Suffrage--New Jersey
List issued by the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association to demonstrate existing support for the woman suffrage amendment to be voted on in the upcoming election on October 19, 1915. The list included Thomas Edison, John Cotton Dana, several Congressmen, State Senators, local officials, judges, mayors, local newspaper and magazine editors, and heads of local businesses.
The referendum failed to pass at that time. New Jersey ratified the federal suffrage amendment on February 9, 1920.
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
[1915]
1 p.
English
DOCU.1915.26
Pamphlet : Do You Know? 1917
Constitutional amendments
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
State action (Civil rights)--United States
States' rights (American politics)
Statistics
Taxation
Votes for women
Women--Social and moral questions
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's rights--New York (state)
Blue and white pamphlet sealed with 1916 American Red Cross Christmas stamps, entitled "Do You Know?"
The pamphlet includes a list of facts detailing women's efforts to gain the right to vote throughout the country, and the reasons why women should be granted the right to vote in New York's upcoming election on November 6, 1917.
New York voters passed the suffrage amendment by 102,353 votes. North Dakota, Ohio, Indiana, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Michigan, New York, and Arkansas all granted women suffrage in 1917.
Handwritten after the title are the words "without looking in" and on the back is written "or what the result will be? SBA"
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
New York, N.Y. : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
1917-02
12 p.
English
ALMS.1917.01
New York, New York