Disunion: two discourses at Music Hall, on January 20th, and February 17th, 1861
Secession
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861
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."
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Boston : Robert F. Wallcut
1861
46 pages
English
DOCU-1861-01
The great epigram campaign of Kansas; Championship of woman; the revolution; Thirty speeches in two weeks in all parts of Kansas. 1867
Train, George Francis, 1829-1904
Women -- Suffrage -- Kansas
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.
Train, George Francis, 1829-1904
Leavenworth, Kans. : Prescott & Hume
1867
80 p.
English
DOCU.1867.02
Kansas
Tract : Woman's influence in politics. An address delivered by Henry Ward Beecher, at the Cooper institute, New York ... Feb. 2, 1860.
New England Woman's Suffrage Association
Women in politics
Women --Political activity
Series: Woman's Suffrage Tracts, No. 1
Beecher argues that women have natural gifts in the same way as men do and should be permitted to publicly exercise those gifts in the same way. He advocates for woman's suffrage, saying the woman's influence is too important to be restricted to the household. Men and women would make more progress in reform and public affairs if they were able to influence one another.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
Boston : For sale by C.K. Whipple
1871
17, [3] p.
English
ALMS.1871.02
New York, Boston
Leaflet : Women and the state. Woman Suffrage Leaflet. Vol. 4, No. 12. December 1891
Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870)
Woman --Suffrage --Massachusetts
A reprint of an address made by Senator George F. Hoar in support of woman's suffrage, during a convention held in Amherst, Massachusetts on September 24, 1891.
Hoar was a Massachusetts lawyer who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1869-1877) and then the U.S. Senate (1877-1904).
Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904
Boston : The Woman's Journal
1891-12
4 p.
English
DOCU.1891.03
Boston, Massachusetts
Pamphlet : Rhode Island Women: address of Mrs. E.B. Chace before the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association in October, 1891; revised and corrected according to new legislation in legislature in 1893
Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association
Woman --Suffrage --Rhode Island
Elizabeth Buffum Chace, one of the organizers of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association, reflects on the history of Rhode Island and argues in favor of woman suffrage in Rhode Island.
Chace, Elizabeth Buffum, 1806-1899
Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association
1893
6 p.
English
ALMS.1893.02
Rhode Island
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.
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
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.
Sewall-May Wright 1844-1920
Washington, D.C. : Stormont & Jackson, Printers
1895
32 p.
English
DOCU.1895.01
February 18, 1895 to March 2, 1895
Leaflet : Address of Mrs. W. Winslow Crannell, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the 3rd Judicial District of the State of New York, before the Committee on Resolutions of the Republican National Convention, at St. Louis. June 16, 1896
Anti-suffrage
Anti-Suffrage Association of the 3d Judicial District of the State of New York
Constitutional amendments
Pay equity
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--United States--Political activity
Crannell was the Chairman of the Anti-Suffrage Association of the 3rd Judicial District in New York. In her address she asks members to refuse to take action on the woman suffrage amendment.
She counters arguments regarding equal pay, taxation without representation, and the military. She is responding to a statement made to the same committee by a Mrs. Blake.
Crannell, Elizabeth Walker Shaule, -1936
Albany, N.Y. : Anti-Suffrage Association of the 3rd Judicial District of the State of New York
1896
4 p.
English
DOCU.1896.03
Address : Education of woman : baccalaureate address of Thomas Holmes, President of Union Christian College. 1874
Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Education
Women -- Education (Higher)
Religion
Inscribed with author's presentation slip: "To Miss Edna Farr compliments of Thomas Holmes"
The Rev. Thomas Holmes, D.D. was a pastor and educator, who became the president of Union Christian College in Merom, Indiana from 1865 until 1875. The book also includes "The Philosophy of a True Life" the graduating essay of Miss Amanda Josephine Buff.
Holmes, Thomas, 1817-1913
Dayton, Ohio : Christian Publishing Association
1874
44 p.
English
DOCU.1874.02
Leaflet : Equality for women the country's need: an address delivered by James M. Curley, Mayor of the City of Boston. October 16, 1915
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958
Social reform
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts
Reprint of an address by James Curley, mayor of Boston from 1914-1919, at Mechanics Hall. Curley argues that most reform laws, including improved labor laws, extension of the school age, public health laws, and employee pension were all met with opposition and seen as potentially destructive to the country. He also refutes the idea that women's votes will be based on sentiment rather than sound judgement.
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958
1915
4 p.
English
DOCU.1915.13
Clipping : "Suffragettes Invade New York." [October 18, 1909]
Loebinger, Sophia M.
National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union (U.S.)
Publicity
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
Women--Suffrage--New York
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.
[10/18/1909]
English
New York, New York