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Broadside : Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason Because… [Circa 1915]
Lists reasons why women want the right to vote, including the fact that they pay taxes, want to improve children's lives, want to improve conditions for women workers, they are consumers and need full representation, and women are citizens.
Circular : A few leading questions. [Circa 1913-1915]
Questions and answers addressing marital rights,child custody rights, property rights, taxation, education, whether women would vote if granted the privilege, and why women want to vote.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a…
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a…
Article on woman suffrage introduced in United States Senate by Hon. James E. Martine, Senator from the state of New Jersey. February 25, 1915
Senator James Martine, of New Jersey presents an article from the District of Columbia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage presenting with facts on the negative impact of women voters in states where women were granted the right to vote.
The…
The…
Leaflet : Why suffrage would not help women : 'E.S.C.' thinks those taxpayers would be worse off than now. February 29, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York times by author identified only as "E.S.C." The author attempts to refute the suffragists' argument that taxation without representation is unjust.
The letter was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage…
The letter was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage…
Circular : Dorothy Dix on woman's ballot. [Circa 1913-1915]
Originally published in 1908 in the "San Francisco Examiner", Dorothy Dix (pseudonym of American journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer) addresses taxation, the differences between men and women, household budgets, morals, education, and other…
Article on woman suffrage introduced in the United States Senate by Hon. Thomas B. Catron, Senator from the state of New Mexico. February 19, 1917
Article, written by Senator Thomas B. Catron, in opposition to a federal suffrage amendment.
Contents include:
Failure of women to vote when given the ballot
The women's vote for president
Taxation and woman suffrage
Prohibition and woman…
Contents include:
Failure of women to vote when given the ballot
The women's vote for president
Taxation and woman suffrage
Prohibition and woman…
Pamphlet : Taxation of women in Massachusetts by William Bowditch. 1875
William Bowditch was a conveyancer, a lawyer specializing in buying and selling property, in Boston. He lived in Brookline, Massachusetts and served as a selectman and moderator of Town Meetings for a number of years. He was a well-known abolitionist…
Leaflet : Woman has many advantages : what she would lose should her demand for equal rights be granted : to the editor of the New York times. March 28, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author argues that if women are granted equal rights, they may lose many of the rights they have already gained, including property, guardianship of children,…