House of Representatives Report : Woman Suffrage: arguments before the Committee on the Judiciary. February 3, 1880
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Blake, Lillie Devereux, 1833-1913
Constitutional amendments
Convention
Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898
McRae, Emma Montgomery
Stebbins, Catherine
Saxon, Elizabeth Lyle, 1832-1915
Waite, Jessie
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
House of Representatives, 46th Congress, 2d Session Mis. Doc.
Caption title:
This report includes testimony given on January 24, 1880 by delegates to the Woman Suffrage Convention being held in Washington, D.C.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Washington, Government Printing Office
1880-02-03
22 p.
English
DOCU.1880.01
Jailed for freedom / by Doris Stevens.
Women --Suffrage --United States
National Woman's Party
Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963
New York, Liveright Publishing Company
1920
Available online
http://books.google.com/books?id=3eQm9wZIMEkC&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false
Book
xii, 388 p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
English
Text
Leaflet : Jailed for Freedom; some phases in the front line of a war for democracy not quite won. National Woman's Party. [1919]
Arrest
National Woman's Party
Picketing
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Women prisoners--United States--Political activity
Women--Suffrage--Washington (D.C.)
Provides a photographic account of the National Woman's Party militant fight for woman's rights, including picketing the White House, arrests, imprisonment, hunger strikes, and burning President Wilson's speeches.
National Woman's Party
Washington, D.C. : National Woman's Party
[1919]
15 p.
English
DOCU.1919.02
Leaflet : Woman suffrage. / by Jane C. Harvey. November 29, 1895. [Circa 1895-1900]
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Homemakers
United States--New York--Albany
United States--Washington--Tacoma
Women--Suffrage--England
Women--Suffrage--France
Women--Italy--Rome
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
Essay written by Jane C. Harvey, of Tacoma, Washington in opposition to woman suffrage. The essay was most likely printed for distribution by the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York in Albany, New York.
Harvey, Jane C.
Albany, N.Y. : Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York
[Circa 1895-1900]
5 p.
English
DOCU.1000.48
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
Pamphlet : International Council of Women : assembled by the National Woman Suffrage Association of the United States to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the first woman's rights convention, Albaugh's Opera House, Washington, D.C. March 25 to April 1, 1888, inclusive. 1888
Albaugh's Opera House (Washington, D.C.)
International Council of Women. Convention
National Woman Suffrage Association (U.S.)
Woman's Rights Convention
Women--United States--Congresses
Women --Suffrage --Washington (D.C.)
Program for the inaugural convention of the International Council of Women includes detailed information for the attendees, including a morning and evening session calendar; a list of the speakers; information on room and board; and lyrics to 19 hymns used during religious services to open and close the convention.
The International Council of Women, founded in 1888, was created during the second international conference of the National Woman Suffrage Association as a way to bring women from many countries together to work for women's issues.
International Council of Women
National Woman Suffrage Association (U.S.)
Washington, D.C. : Rufus H. Darby, Printer
1888
16 p.
English
DOCU.1888.04
Washington, D.C.
Postcard : A woman's place is in her home. [Circa 1909-1913]
Children
Children and politics
Gender roles
Homemakers
Mother and child
Women--Suffrage--Washington
Part of a series of postcards.
This card features a full color illustration of a young girl and boy standing above a girl doll in a baby bed and a boy doll thrown on the floor facedown. The girl is wearing a "Votes for Women" sash and holding a "Votes for Wimmen" flag, looking sad as a young boy points at her.
Handwritten under the header is:
"Don't you think so; especially when she comes home sick."
On the verso, the card is address to Mrs. Percey E. Haseltine 1610 6th Street Anacortes, Washington, and postmarked December 4, 1913. The message reads:
Dear Winnie: Mother arrived home safe and sound Monday. She has had too much election. She was dreadfully sick yesterday & last night. I had to make the bread. She is up now but is going back to bed in a little while. We are going to start a hospice. Papa's back is getting worse. yesterday I burned my arm with steam. It hurts like the dickens. I also burned my hand too. How are you now? Tell Fred I will write sometime. [Obstructed word] so much for the picture. It is fine. I will have some taken and send you one. Mother says she will write you a letter later. [illegible] Eva.
[Cornwall, New York : Barton & Spooner Co.]
[Circa 1909-1915]
Postcard : She is distributing the U.S. Mail and incidentally enrapturing the male. 1911
Gender roles
Lostock Hall (England)
Postal service
Preston (Lancashire, England)
United States--Washington--Blaine
Women postal service employees
Part of a twenty-three card series, this card is labeled Suffragette Series No. 9. This charcoal gray illustration features a woman as a mail carrier.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss A. M. Brown "Lyndale" Lostock Hall Preston Lanc[ashire] England, and postmarked August 11, 1912.
Williamson
New York, N.Y. : C. Wolf
1911
Postcard : The suffragette letter carrier. 1909
Gender roles
Postal service
United States--Washington--Walla Walla
Women postal service employees
This card, Number 4002, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, the woman is delivering the mail in a skirt and heels, holding a dog on a leash, as she delivers the mail. The message reads: "Would you trust your wife as letter carrier? Honest, would you?"
On the verso, the card is addressed to Charlie Miller Walla Walla Washington c/o Oxford Bar, and postmarked February 5, 1910. The message reads: "What the --- is the matter with you fellow. Why don't you drop a line. Am curious how the old berg is getting on. Ted
Wellman, Walter
1909
Program : 5th Triennial Meeting of the National Council of Women of the United States : to be held at the Pythian Temple, Washington, D.C. 1905
International Council of Women
National Council of Women of the United States. Meeting
Women--Political activity--United States
The National Council of Women of the United States was founded in 1888 by Susan B. Anthony. It was composed of national organizations and affiliated associations all pledged to work for issues concerning women including the right to vote. The organization met triennially at first, and later biennially.
The program contains a list of officers, committees, affiliated organizations, schedule of events, and the lyrics to the Council Hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light."
National Council of Women of the United States
Washington, D.C. : The Council
1905
8 p.
English
DOCU.1905.03
April 9 - 15, 1905