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Leaflet : Extracts from addresses of the Rt. Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, D.D., Bishop of Albany, to the classes graduated from St. Agnes' School, Albany, June 6th, 1894 and June 6th, 1895. 1895
Excerpts from two addresses by the Right Reverend William Croswell Doane to the graduating classes of St. Agnes' School, a girls school connected to the Episcopal Chuch.
Rev. Doane was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany from 1869…
Rev. Doane was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany from 1869…
Leaflet : If women could vote! [Circa 1896-1900]
Essay written by an unidentified author who suggests that "giving of the suffrage to women would bring about civil discord." She or he argues that women have all of the rights they need and granting women the right to vote would do more harm than…
Leaflet : James T. Gardiner… [Circa 1896-1900]
James T. Gardiner, surveyor and engineer, provides his observations regarding the negative impact of women's suffrage in Leavenworth, Kansas. Kansas women were granted the right to vote in school district elections in 1861 and municipal elections in…
Leaflet : Mr. Depew answered : his address to women graduates criticised by an Albany woman. May 1, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Article written by Mrs. W. Winslow Crannell, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association, in response to a speech given by Chauncey M. Depew, lawyer and President of the New York Central Railroad to a graduating class…
Leaflet : Mrs. Creighton's appeal. [Circa 1895-1900]
Essay written by Louise Hume Creighton, author and wife of Bishop Mandell Creighton, in opposition to women's suffrage.
Leaflet : No woman suffrage vote. [Circa 1895-1900]
Author discusses the results of the non-binding referendum held in Massachusetts in which women were allow to vote on the issue of municipal suffrage and the referendum was rejected. The author asserts that women will not be granted the right to vote…
Leaflet : Paper by J. Newton Fiero at anti-suffrage meeting, May 11th, 1894. [Circa 1894-1905]
Paper presented by James Newton Fiero at an anti-suffrage meeting and reprinted for distribution by the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York.
Fiero was a law school professor, Dean of the…
Fiero was a law school professor, Dean of the…
Leaflet : Precedents and the women of Utah. November 7, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the Argus, written by Mrs. W. Winslow Crannell, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York. Crannell is responding to an article in…
Leaflet : Prohibition and Woman Suffrage. March 16, 1897. [Circa 1897-1900]
Brief statement written by Mrs. W. Winslow (Elizabeth) Crannell refuting the suffrage argument that women voters would work for "prohibitory liquor laws." She reviews Colorado election statistics that appear to demonstrate that very few votes were…
Leaflet : Prove all things : hold fast to that which is good / by An anti-suffragist. [Circa 1896-1900]
Article written by an author identified only as "an anti-suffragist." The title comes from a scription in the Bible, 1 Thessalonians 5:21."