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This pamphlet was created to lobby for the upcoming suffrage referendum in Pennsylvania. Held November 2, 1915, Pennsylvania voters defeated the suffrage amendment by a margin of 55,000 (out of 800,000 votes cast).…

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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…

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Brass watch fob shaped like the Liberty Bell (no attached strap). On the back are the words "Woman's Liberty Bell-Justice-Equality 1915 Pennsylvania."

This piece was created during the Pennsylvania Liberty Bell Campaign to pass a state suffrage…

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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…

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Follow-up to a 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 requested the names of men in Merrill's town, Somerset…

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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…

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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…

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Follow-up to a 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 requested both a financial contributionand…

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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 Merrill arrange suffrage meetings in Somerset County in places…

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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…
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