Disunion: two discourses at Music Hall, on January 20th, and February 17th, 1861
Description
Two speeches given by famed abolitionist and orator, Wendell Phillips. The first is entitled "The Lesson of the Hour." The second, entitled "Progress" was addressed to the twenty-eighth Congregational Society. In the second, Phillips discusses the idea that slaves will help achieve their own liberation. He also discusses his support of the secession of South Carolina and other southern states, declaring himself a "disunion man."
Date
1861
Subject
Secession
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861
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Includes the speech of Jane Addams seconding the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt and a letter from Roosevelt to Jane Addams written on August 8, 1912.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:28-04:00
Title
Leaflet : To the women voters of the United States from the women in political bondage : vote the Progressive Ticket and make us free. [1912]
Description
Campaign leaflet from the "women of the Progressive party", urging people to vote for the Party because of its support for woman suffrage and women's leadership. On the back is the Progressive Party platform "to secure rule of the people" and "to secure social and industrial justice."
Includes the speech of Jane Addams seconding the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt and a letter from Roosevelt to Jane Addams written on August 8, 1912.
Date
[Circa 1912]
Subject
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
Campaign literature
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Creator
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
Publisher
New York : Stoddard-Sutherland Press
Format
4 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1912.07
Original Format
Leaflets (printed works)
Physical Dimensions
15.5 x 23 cm.
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In her address, Sewall discusses the Council's efforts on behalf of women to reform divorce laws and work for equal pay for equal work by the Government. ]]>2015-06-29T16:13:16-04:00
Title
Pamphlet : Address of May Wright Sewall, president of the National Council of Women at the opening of the second triennial session of the National Council of Women, Washington, D.C. February 18, 1895.
Description
The National Council of Women of the United States was founded in 1888 as a part of the International Council of Women, a new organization intended to establish connections between women's rights organizations across the world. May Wright Sewall was the second president of the National Council of Women of the United States, following Frances E. Willard.
In her address, Sewall discusses the Council's efforts on behalf of women to reform divorce laws and work for equal pay for equal work by the Government.
Date
1895
Subject
National Council of Women of the United States. Convention
Sewall-May Wright 1844-1920
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Women -- United States -- Congresses
Women's rights -- United States -- Congresses
Creator
Sewall-May Wright 1844-1920
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Stormont & Jackson, Printers
Format
32 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1895.01
Coverage
February 18, 1895 to March 2, 1895
Original Format
Pamphlets
Speeches (documents)
Physical Dimensions
23 x 14.5 cm.
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On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Mary Barndolla Wallingford Pennsylvania, and postmarked April 23, 1913 and April 24, 1913. The message reads: "Oh! You spring. Doing a little business."]]>2015-06-29T16:13:41-04:00
Title
Postcard : I'd rather kiss her, than hear her talk. [1912]
Description
This card, is part of a twelve-card series, featuring children, illustrated by Indiana artist Cobb Shinn. The illustration features a girl speaking on a soap box as a boy wearing a sailor suit looks off, smiling. In the background, is a "Votes fur Wimmen" sign.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Mary Barndolla Wallingford Pennsylvania, and postmarked April 23, 1913 and April 24, 1913. The message reads: "Oh! You spring. Doing a little business."
Date
[1912]
Subject
Children
Children and politics
Kissing
Sailors
United States--Pennsylvania--Wallingford
Creator
Shinn, Cobb K.
Publisher
New York : T.P. Co.
Physical Dimensions
9 x 14 cm.
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Tennessee Claflin, sister to Victoria Woodhull, was one of the first women to open a Wall Street brokerage firm. ]]>2015-06-29T16:13:35-04:00
Title
Admission ticket : Society for the Betterment of the Race lecture by Lady Cook (Tennessee Claflin) on the need of revising morals and laws. Carnegie Hall. February 3, 1911
Description
Ticket for admission to a speech given by Tennessee Claflin under the auspices of the Society for the Betterment of the Race, at Carnegie Hall in New York. Claflin was the only speaker at the event, where she spoke about women's suffrage.
Tennessee Claflin, sister to Victoria Woodhull, was one of the first women to open a Wall Street brokerage firm.
Date
1911
Subject
Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.)
Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-1923
Women--Suffrage--New York
Creator
Society for the Betterment of the Race
Publisher
Society for the Betterment of the Race
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1911.04
Original Format
Admission tickets
Physical Dimensions
13.5 x 8.5 cm.
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The article was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association, more formally referred to as the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:32-04:00
Title
Leaflet : The St. Louis Star, June 17, 1896; Bravo! Mrs. Crannell. [Circa 1896-1900]
Description
Reprint of an article from the St. Louis Star praising Mrs. W. Winslow Crannell (Elizabeth Crannell) for the address she delivered the day before to the Committee on Resolutions at the Republican National Convention, held in St. Louis.
The article was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association, more formally referred to as the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York.
Date
[Circa 1896-1900]
Subject
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Crannell, Elizabeth Walker Shaule, -1936
Republican National Convention. Committee on Resolutions
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Speeches, addresses, etc.
United States--Politics and government
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
Creator
St. Louis Star (St. Louis, Mo.)
Publisher
[Albany, N.Y.] : [Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York]
Format
1 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1000.62
Original Format
Leaflets (printed works)
Physical Dimensions
24 cm.
URL
Available online through Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9MvAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PP49&ots=qOK7a4JCiB&dq=%22the%20st.%20louis%20star%20june%2017th%201896%22&pg=PP51#v=onepage&q&f=false
The great epigram campaign of Kansas; Championship of woman; the revolution; Thirty speeches in two weeks in all parts of Kansas. 1867
Description
Compilation of editorials, speeches, and extracts from journals about American entrepreneur, George Francis Train's trip to Kansas to stump for woman's suffrage. In November 1867, Kansas held a referendum to grant the vote to women and blacks in Kansas. The referendum did not pass.
Date
1867
Subject
Train, George Francis, 1829-1904
Women -- Suffrage -- Kansas
Creator
Train, George Francis, 1829-1904
Publisher
Leavenworth, Kans. : Prescott & Hume
Format
80 p.
Language
English
Identifier
DOCU.1867.02
Coverage
Kansas
Original Format
Pamphlets
Physical Dimensions
23 cm.
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Mrs. Sophia M. Loebinger, One of the Most Active Suffragettes of the Metropolis, Holding an Impromptu Meeting in Wall Street, Where She Was Received with Cat Calls and Showered by Ticker Tape by the Brokers"
Sophia Loebinger was the Treasurer of the New York Society of the National Progressive Suffrage Union. The Progressive Suffrage Union encouraged members to speak in public spaces, holding weekly open-air demonstrations in areas where women did not typically hold meetings.
Newspaper not identified. Date written on the clipping.]]>2015-06-29T16:13:21-04:00
Title
Clipping : "Suffragettes Invade New York." [October 18, 1909]
Description
Photograph with caption:
Mrs. Sophia M. Loebinger, One of the Most Active Suffragettes of the Metropolis, Holding an Impromptu Meeting in Wall Street, Where She Was Received with Cat Calls and Showered by Ticker Tape by the Brokers"
Sophia Loebinger was the Treasurer of the New York Society of the National Progressive Suffrage Union. The Progressive Suffrage Union encouraged members to speak in public spaces, holding weekly open-air demonstrations in areas where women did not typically hold meetings.
Newspaper not identified. Date written on the clipping.
Date
[10/18/1909]
Subject
Loebinger, Sophia M.
National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union (U.S.)
Publicity
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
Women--Suffrage--New York
Clipping : "Anti-Suffragists Give Reasons for their Stand / Small audience at Monday Afternoon Club listened to three speakers opposed to Votes for Women." [Binghamton Press.] [February 22, 1910]
Description
News article about a speech to the Monday Afternoon Club in Binghamton by members of the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Speakers included Alice Hill Chittenden, Mrs. George Douglas Miller, and Mayor of Binghamton, John J. Irving.
Date
11/18/10
Subject
Anti-suffrage
Chittenden, Alice Brown, 1859 or 1860-1944
Irving, John J.
Monday Afternoon Club
News article about President Howard Taft's speech at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in Washington, D.C., where he was hissed at by the audience after voicing his opposition to women's suffrage.
Date
[4/15/1910]
Subject
Anti-suffrage
National American Woman Suffrage Association. Convention
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
United States -- District of Columbia
Women--Suffrage--Washington (D.C.)