Anti-suffrage
Gilder, Helena de Kay, d. 1916
Women--Suffrage--New York
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Stamp on front reads: "Apply for more papers to [Women's] Anti-Suffrage Association [of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York] 13 Elk Street, Albany."]]>
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>

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Anti-suffrage
Homemakers
Stillman, William Olin, 1856-1924
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
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Scott was a convention delegate, whose wife, Lucy Parkman Higgins, chaired the New York Anti-Suffrage Association. Included in his remarks was a letter written by Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor of New York City.]]>
Constitutional amendments
Pay equity
Republican National Convention. Committee on Resolutions
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Speeches, addresses, etc.
United States--Politics and government
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women--United States--Political activity
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She counters arguments regarding equal pay, taxation without representation, and the military. She is responding to a statement made to the same committee by a Mrs. Blake.

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Constitutional amendments
Pay equity
Democratic National Convention. Committee on Resolutions
Chicago (Ill.)
Speeches, addresses, etc.
United States--Politics and government
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>

She counters arguments that women voters will "purify politics" as well as those related to taxation without representation, higher wages for voting women, and prohibition.

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Anti-suffrage
Homemakers
Stillman, William Olin, 1856-1924
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>

Stillman was a physician, lecturer, philathropist, and served as president of the American Humane Society for 20 years. Stillman's wife was a member of the Executive Committee of the Anti-Suffrage Association.

The address was most likely reprinted for distribution by the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York. ]]>
Anti-suffrage
New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1894)
Petitions
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>
Anti-suffrage
Seymour, George F. (George Franklin), 1829-1906
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--New York
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"The New Woman" was a term used toward the end of the nineteenth century to describe independent, educated women who pushed the political, economic, and social boundaries.

The last page of the leaflet contains a list of the officers of the Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York.]]>
Democratic National Convention. Committee on Resolutions
Chicago (Ill.)
Speeches, addresses, etc.
United States--Politics and government
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Suffrage--Colorado
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>

The article was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association, more formally referred to as the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York.]]>
Anti-suffrage
United States--New York--Albany
Voter registration
Voting
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)]]>

The letter was reprinted by the Albany Anti-Suffrage Association, more formally referred to as the Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York.]]>