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Circular : Why the working woman needs the vote. / by Mrs. Mary Kenney O'Sullivan. [Circa 1913-1915]
O'Sullivan argues that wage-earning women need the right to vote to ensure equal pay for equal work and working men should also want women's suffrage to protect their interests against the threat of cheap labor by women and children.
The National…
The National…
Program : Grand Parada and Fiesta under the auspices of the Newburgh Political Study Club Academy of Music, Newburgh, New York. January 19 to 22, 1915
Souvenir program and admission ticket to a festival with pieces from a variety of theater and musical productions. The program includes a list of the organization's officers, performance titles, list of participants, and several pro-suffrage items,…
Circular : Suffrage and soldiering. / by Edwin D. Mead. [Circa 1913-1915]
Reprinted from the Woman's Journal, pacifist and social reformer, Edwin D. Mead refutes the argument that government rests on force and women should not be permitted to vote based on their ability to be physically defend the nation as a soldier or…
Circular : That "biological argument." / by Dr. Woods Hutchinson. [Circa 1913-1915]
Portion of an article from the Saturday Evening Post written by Dr. Woods Hutchinson, an English physician. Hutchinson argues that women's experience as homemakers is the reason they should be politically active.
The National American Woman…
The National American Woman…
Leaflet : Women and the state. Woman Suffrage Leaflet. Vol. 4, No. 12. December 1891
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…
Hoar was a Massachusetts lawyer who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives…
Circular : Have we a democracy? / by Susan W. Fitzgerald. [Circa 1913-1915]
Suffragist, Susan Walker Fitzgerald argues that the United States is not a democracy because the power does not rest with the entire population. She claims that those opposed to women's suffrage are wealthier women who do not need the vote to improve…
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…
Broadside : Objections to woman suffrage answered. [Circa 1880-1889]
A response by Henry B. Blackwell to common reasons why women should not have the vote. This piece was also published as a leaflet by the Woman's Journal.
Leaflet : Twelve Reasons Why Women Want to Vote by Alice Stone Blackwell. Woman Suffrage Leaflet. Vol. 6, No. 4. July, 1893.
The Woman Suffrage Leaflets were one of the ongoing series published by the Woman's Journal.
Written by Alice Stone Blackwell, this list was reprinted numerous times in a variety of formats. Blackwell outlines the reasons why women want the right…
Written by Alice Stone Blackwell, this list was reprinted numerous times in a variety of formats. Blackwell outlines the reasons why women want the right…
Circular : Do teachers need the ballot? / by Alice Stone Blackwell. 1913
Alice Stone Blackwell discusses the the amount of money appropritated for education and the difference in teacher's salaries in suffrage versus non-suffrage states.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars…
The National American Woman Suffrage Association published a series of circulars…