Do you, as a woman, want to vote? Some prominent women of America answer the question., 1911
Anti-suffrage
Women--Suffrage--United States
National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of ColoradoNational Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Colorado
New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage
National League for the Civic Education of Women
Published in the Ladies' Home Journal in 1911, this survey of prominent women of the time indicates that the women interviewed were largely opposed to woman suffrage. The magazine was on record in opposition to women's right to vote.
Women quoted include former First Lady Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, wife of President Harrison; Mrs. Francis W. Goodard, President of the Colonial Dames of Colorado; Anna Roosevelt Cowles, sister of President Teddy Roosevelt, cousin to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and distant cousin to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; and Agnes Irwin, former Dean of Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA.
The collection includes two copies of this publication.
Ladies' Home Journal
1911-01-19
1 p.
English
ALMS.1896.02
Equal Rights. Vol. 1, No. 1. February 17, 1923
Equal rights amendment
Hooker, Edith Houghton, 1879-1948
National Woman's Party
United States -- Periodicals
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. --
Women's rights -- Periodicals
The first issue of Equal Rights, the official weekely magazine of the National Woman's Party from 1923 until it ceased publication in 1954.
The newspaper served as a resource to keep the membership informed on the status of the Equal Rights Amendment and other bills affecting women including protective labor legislation, nationality issues, jury service, and more.
This issue includes:
News from the Field by Eleanor Taylor Marsh
U.S. Senator William Cabell Bruce pledges support to Equal Rights
Declaration of Principles, 1848-1923
The Picket Line (Editorial) by Edith Houghton Hooker
After Seventy-Five Years (Editorial)
Treasurer's Report
National Woman's Party
Washington, D.C. : National Woman's Party
1923-02-17
708 LR- Bookcase, Blue Album #7
8 p., ill.
English
PERI.1923.01
Washington, D.C.
Equal Rights. Vol. 23, No. 1. January 15, 1937
Equal rights amendment
National Woman's Party
Pollitzer, Anita, 1894-1975
United States -- Periodicals
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. --
Women's rights -- Periodicals
Equal Rights was the official weekly magazine of the National Woman's Party from 1923 until it ceased publication in 1954. The newspaper served as a resource to keep the membership informed on the status of the Equal Rights Amendment and other bills affecting women including protective labor legislation, nationality issues, jury service, and more.
This issue features an article by NWP member Anita Pollitzer entitled, "Lobbyists Demand Promt Passage of Amendment."
National Woman's Party
Washington, D.C. : National Woman's Party
1937-01-15
West, Helen Hunt, Editor
8 p., ill.
English
PERI.1937.01
Washington, D.C.
Harper's weekly; a journal of civilization. Vol. 13, No. 646. May 15, 1869
American wit and humor--Periodicals
Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909
Croly, J. C. (Jane Cunningham), 1829-1901
Magazine illustration
Newspapers--New York (State)--New York--19th century
Sorosis
Women--Societies and clubs
This issue features a cartoon by Charles G. Bush, entitled "Sorosis, 1869" that pokes fun at Sorosis, one of the organizations that began the women's club movement in the United States.
Harper's Weekly was an American illustrated political magazine published from 1857 until 1916 that offered fiction, news, illustrations, and essays related to current events of the day.
George William Curtis, the editor of Harper's Weekly, was an advocate of women's rights and often presented women's rights and organizations in a light-hearted manner.
New York : Harper & Brothers
1869-05-15
Bush, Charles Green, 1842-1909, artist
16 p.
English
New York
Harper's weekly. Vol. 61, No. 3060. August 14, 1915
Ballot boxes
Magazine illustration
Periodicals--Publishing--United States
Political cartoons
Wit and humor, Pictorial
Women --Suffrage --United States
The cover illustration by Walter J. Enright, is entitled "The Condescending Man." Among the articles in this issue is "The Condescending Man and the Obstructive Woman" by Ralph Barton Perry.
Harper's Weekly was an American illustrated political magazine published from 1857 until 1916 with fiction, news, illustrations, and essays related to current events.
New York : McClure Publications
1915-08-14
Hapgood, Norman, editor
Enright, Walter J. (Walter Joseph), 1879-1969, artist
30 p.
English
PERI.1915.02
New York
Life. Vol. 22, No. 24. June 16, 1947
Current events--Periodicals
Gender role
History--Periodicals
Housewives
Journalism--United States
Leen, Nina, 1909-1995
Levison, Frances, 1920-2012
Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967
Married women--Employment
Periodicals--Publishing--United States
This issue features a photographic essay and series of stories by Frances Levison and photographer Nina Leen, entitled "The American Woman's Dilemma." Stories focus on the unhappiness of housewives and whether full-time working women can/should balance marriage and motherhood. The essay features profiles of women living in various scenarios of the theme.
Life Magazine, Inc. was founded by John Ames Mitchell (1845-1918) in 1883 in New York City and published until October 1936. It was a popular magazine of satire, criticism, reviews, and humor which relied heavily on cartoons, sketches, illustrations, and anecdotal material. In 1936, Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine and shifted it to a weekly news magazine. It was published weekly until 1972, intermittently until 1978, and as a monthly until 2000.
[Chicago, Ill. : Time Inc., 1936-]
1947-06-16
Luce, Henry R., Editor-in-Chief
140 p., ill.
English
PERI.1947.01.01-02
Life. Vol. 56, No. 1467. December 8, 1910
Anti-suffrage
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
Journalism--United States
Magazine illustration
Periodicals--Publishing--United States
The cover of this issue, the "Eve and Adam Number" features an illustration by James Montgomery Flagg, "The First Sunday." The title, "Life" is spelled out by the snakes in the tree.
In this issue:
"Life's Suffragette Contest" offers readers the chance to win $300 for the "best reason, or reasons, why any man should not marry a suffragette."
Life Magazine, Inc. was founded by John Ames Mitchell (1845-1918) in 1883 in New York City and published until October 1936. It was a popular magazine of satire, criticism, reviews, and humor which relied heavily on cartoons, sketches, illustrations, and anecdotal material.
Life Magazine, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
New York : Life Publishing Company
1910-12-08
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960, artist
40 p.
English
PERI.1910.01
Life. Vol. 76, No. 1982. October 28, 1920
Constitutional amendments--1920
Constitutional amendments--ratification
Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944
Magazine illustration
Periodicals--Publishing--United States
The cover features a drawing by Charles Dana Gibson entitled "Congratulations." In it, Lady Liberty shakes hands with a woman holding a ballot, congratulating her on winning the right to vote.
Life Magazine, Inc. was founded by John Ames Mitchell (1845-1918) in 1883 in New York City and published until October 1936. It was a popular magazine of satire, criticism, reviews, and humor which relied heavily on cartoons, sketches, illustrations, and anecdotal material.
Life Magazine, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
New York : Life Publishing Company
1920-10-28
Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944, artist
39 p.
English
PERI.1920.01
Postcard : Beware of magazines and newspapers which are opposed to woman suffrage. There's a reason. 1910
Aphorisms and apothegms
National American Woman Suffrage Association
This card, Number 118, is part of a set of 30 postcards, each containing a message, or aphorism, about suffrage. The cards were created by commercial publishing company, The Cargill Company, and were "endorsed and approved by the National American Woman Suffrage Association."
Grand Rapids, Mich : The Cargill company
1910
The 300th Ladies' Home Journal; in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the magazine. November 1908
On page 15: "Why I Do Not Believe in Woman Suffrage" by Mrs. Humphry Ward, author
Philadelphia, The Curtis Publishing Company
1908-11
Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930, Editor
102 p.
English