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Leaflet : General Hale on Colorado Women's Votes. [Circa 1908-1915]
Series : Political Equality Series; v. 3, no. 8
Reprint of an interview by the editor of the Woman's Journal with General Irving Hale of Denver, Colorado. The editor asked questions such as:
Do you find that equal suffrage leads women to neglect…
Reprint of an interview by the editor of the Woman's Journal with General Irving Hale of Denver, Colorado. The editor asked questions such as:
Do you find that equal suffrage leads women to neglect…
Flier : The Woman's Journal for 1898. [1897]
Subscription appeal from The Woman's Journal newspaper. The leaflet details the publisher's goals for 1898, including a list of special features by well-known authors that will appear in upcoming issues and a series of biographical sketches entitled…
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…
Circular : Voting and fighting. / by Alice Stone Blackwell. [Circa 1913]
Alice Stone Blackwell addresses the idea that if women were granted the right to vote, they should also be able to fight as a soldier or a police officer. She argues that a significant portion of men are neither soldier or police officer, but still…
Circular : The "Unanswerable argument" answered. / by Mrs. Lida Calvert Obenchain. [Circa 1913-1915]
Reprinted from The Woman's Journal, Obenchain counters the anti-suffrage argument that the average American woman does not care about the right to vote by declaring that progress relies on a small group of people who set aside the opinions of…
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…
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 : Remarks on "The Ladies' Battle." / by Alice Stone Blackwell. [Circa 1913-1915]
Alice Stone Blackwell compiles statements made by prominent legal authorities to refute the facts and assertions made in the book "The Ladies' Battle", written by author and anti-suffragist, Molly Elliott Seawell.
The National American Woman…
The National American Woman…
Circular : Is voting an industry? / by Alice Stone Blackwell. [Circa 1913-1915]
Alice Stone Blackwell argues that the issues of whether women should have the right to vote and whether they should work outside of the home are separate and unrelated. She also makes the point that the most successful governments are controlled by…
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…