Letter : Robert Whitehouse, President, Men's Equal Suffrage League of Maine, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. June 20, 1917
Men's Equal Suffrage League of Maine
Merrill, Edward Newton
Referendum
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-
United States--Maine--Portland
United States--Maine--Skowhegan
Women--Suffrage--Maine
Soliciation letter sent by Robert Whitehouse, President of the Men's Equal Suffrage League, to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the League's executive committee. Treathouse updates Merrill on the League's progress and requests a financial contribution.
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.
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-
1917-06-20
2 p.
English
DOCU.1917.16
Maine
Letter : Robert Whitehouse, President, Men's Equal Suffrage League of Maine, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. June 1, 1917
Men's Equal Suffrage League of Maine
Merrill, Edward Newton
Referendum
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-
United States--Maine--Portland
United States--Maine--Skowhegan
Women--Suffrage--Maine
Soliciation letter from Robert Whitehouse, President of the Men's Equal Suffrage League, to Edward Merrill, Maine State Senator and a member of the League's executive committee. Treathouse requests a financial contribution as well as Merrill's recommendations for men in his town who could serve as Town Committeemen to help organize for the state suffrage referendum.
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.
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-
1917-06-01
1p.
English
DOCU.1917.15
Maine
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
Letter : Ralph O. Brewster, Men's Equal Suffrage League, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. March 26, 1917
Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961
Johnson, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1930
Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives
Men's Equal Suffrage League of Maine
Merrill, Edward Newton
Milliken, Carl E. (Carl Elias), 1877-1961
Pattangall, William R. (William Robinson), 1865-1942
Referendum
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-
Women--Suffrage--Maine
Invitation from Ralph Brewster to Edward Newton Merrill, State Senator from Maine and a member of the League's executive committee, to attend a meeting of the Men's Equal Suffrage League in the Maine House of Representatives to organize for the upcoming suffrage referendum campaign. The meeting was open to the public.
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.
Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961
1917-03-26
1 p.
English
DOCU.1917.13
Maine
Black Hawk County [Iowa] Suffrage Campaign Committee, Rural School Contest. 1916
Black Hawk County (Iowa)
Black Hawk County Suffrage Campaign Committee
Cedar Falls (Iowa)
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Survey
Voting--Iowa
Women--Suffrage--Iowa
Terms for a contest sponsored by the Black Hawk Country Suffrage Campaign Committee for the "rural school puils of Black Hawk County who will write the best letters containing the greatest number of best reasons why women should be given the privilege to vote." The Committee offered cash prizes to the the five best letters and the ten second best letters.
This page, along with a letter to the recipient, were enclosed in an envelope from Cedar Falls, Iowa to Miss Loraney Smith, Jesup, Iowa, March 21, 1916. See item #
1916-03
1 p.
English
DOCU.1916.08
Black Hawk County (Iowa)
Letter and envelope : County Chairman [Iowa Equal Suffrage Association?] to a school teacher. March 18, 1916
Black Hawk County (Iowa)
Cedar Falls (Iowa)
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Survey
Voting--Iowa
Women--Suffrage--Iowa
Letter most likely sent to teachers throughout Black Hawk County asks the recipient to conduct a survey of men in their school district on how they intend to vote on the suffrage referendum in the upcoming election on June 5th. The referendum did not pass.
This particular letter went to Miss Loraney Smith in Jesup, Iowa (Black Hawk County) on March 21, 1916. Also enclosed with the letter was information on the Black Hawk County Suffrage Campaign Committee, Rural School Contest. See item #
1916-03-18
1 p.
English
DOCU.1916.07
Cedar Falls (Iowa)
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 : The Liberty Bell. Two Messages Liberty and Justice. [1915]
Advertising, Political--United States
Liberty Bell
Political campaigns
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania
Advertisement for the Liberty Bell Campaign by the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association. This campaign was created to lobby for a state suffrage referendum in 1915. Suffragists commissioned a replica of the Liberty Bell, known as the "Justice Bell." The "Justice Bell" toured Pennsylvania with its clapper chained to its side. The clapper would not ring until women won the vote. The suffrage referendum did not pass in 1915.
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
1915
1 sheet ([1] p.)
English
DOCU.1915.14
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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