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Manuscripts
Description
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<p style="text-align:left;">The Lewis collection includes a diverse assortment of materials that document the expanding role and status of women from the early nineteenth century until after women won the right to vote in 1920. Correspondence, conference programs, speeches, position papers, newsletters, sheet music, congressional reports, stock certificates, printed materials, and more present a view of the individuals and organizations that fought for and against political, economic, and social rights for women. <br /><br />The records primarily document the American suffrage movement; but also include material on the suffrage movement in England and several other European countries, as well as a wide range of issues including education, organized labor, social welfare, temperance, voter education, slavery, wartime experiences, and the women’s club movement.</p>
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Fliers (printed matter)
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18 x 26.5 cm.
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Flier : These New Jersey officials and prominent citizens are for woman suffrage. Are you? New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association. [1915]
Creator
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New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
Subject
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Constitutional amendment
Elections
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
Referendum
Voting
Women--Suffrage--New Jersey
Description
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List issued by the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association to demonstrate existing support for the woman suffrage amendment to be voted on in the upcoming election on October 19, 1915. The list included Thomas Edison, John Cotton Dana, several Congressmen, State Senators, local officials, judges, mayors, local newspaper and magazine editors, and heads of local businesses.
The referendum failed to pass at that time. New Jersey ratified the federal suffrage amendment on February 9, 1920.
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New York : National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
Date
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[1915]
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1 p.
Language
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English
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DOCU.1915.26
Amendment
Election
John Cotton Dana
New Jersey
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
Referendum
Supporters
Thomas Edison