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Letter from Josephine Casey, Street Railway Employees' Union, [1915].
Letter from Josephine Casey, Street Railway Employees' Union, asking members to vote for women's suffrage during the New York referendum on November 2, 1915.
Postcard : Is this right? [Circa 1907-1914]
Pro-suffrage postcard of a man, "Voter," and a woman standing in the rain at "the open market." The man is holding an umbrella labeled "Franchise." The woman has no umbrella and is carrying a large basket on her back.
Broadside : Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason Because… [Circa 1915]
Lists reasons why women want the right to vote, including the fact that they pay taxes, want to improve children's lives, want to improve conditions for women workers, they are consumers and need full representation, and women are citizens.
Broadside : Justice. Equality. Why Women Want to Vote. Women are citizens and wish to do their civic duty. [Circa 1910-1915]
Lists reasons why working women, housekeepers, mothers, teachers, business women, tax-paying women, women of leisure, and all women need the right to vote.
This broadside was created by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
This broadside was created by the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Leaflet : The bulwark of indifference. [Circa 1896-1900]
Article written by author identified only as "F.R.S." The author discusses the idea that women are indifferent to voting because of the expanded employment opportunities open to them and the fact that homemakers do not desire the vote.
Flier : Facts worth knowing. Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association. April 1915
Facts about the various laws passed within the eleven states that had woman suffrage in 1915 to demonstrate the progress made when women are granted the right to vote. Laws passed in these states included equal guardianship of children; eight-hour…
Article on woman suffrage introduced in the United States Senate by Hon. Thomas B. Catron, Senator from the state of New Mexico. February 19, 1917
Article, written by Senator Thomas B. Catron, in opposition to a federal suffrage amendment.
Contents include:
Failure of women to vote when given the ballot
The women's vote for president
Taxation and woman suffrage
Prohibition and woman…
Contents include:
Failure of women to vote when given the ballot
The women's vote for president
Taxation and woman suffrage
Prohibition and woman…
Broadside : To the 8,000,000 Working Women in the United States. [Circa 1915-1917]
Flier addresses working women and encourages them to unite for votes for women to ensure better working and living conditions. The title may be a reference to author Rheta Childe Dorr's, "What 8,000,000 Women Want."
Clipping : "What's the Reason" by McDonald
Cartoon by artist, McDonald depicting unfair wages and conditions for working women.
Flier : Justice. Equality. Why Women Want to Vote. Women are citizens and wish to do their civic duty. [Circa 1915]
Flier lists reasons why working women, housekeepers, mothers, teachers, business women, tax-paying women, women of leisure, and all women need the right to vote.