Anti Suffragists

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Urges suffrage women to concentrate on winning over indifferent and opposing women

Albany "antis" opposed to woman suffrage decline Geneva Political Equality Club invitation to participate in discussion on suffrage .

Clippings report activities of Geneva Political Equality Club, October and November 1898. Anne Fitzhugh Miller and S. H. Ver Planck elected delegates to New York State Woman Suffrage Association Convention at H More

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Helen A. Shaw, Massachusetts, sees anti-suffragists as sign of suffrage progress; see National American Woman Suffrage Association 1900 convention program, 3:56 Page 170-71 missing; page 172 blank

Senator William Armstrong and Susan B Anthony suggest strategies for woman suffrage campaign: letters, petitions, delegations, municipal suffrage for tax-paying women; constitutional amendment requirements

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Carrie Chapman Catt biographical sketch and drawing

Press show increased interest in suffrage stories.

Lewis responds to anti-suffragists, noting support of National Grande and American Federation of Labor and interest among working women; see also 3:139 Clipping above, probably from 1900, notes lack of support More

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Mrs. W. W. Crannell opposes third class cities tax suffrage bill; men better able to decide on government issues; criticizes Senators Raines and Nixon and Anne Fitzhugh Miller.

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At Senate hearings on tax suffrage, Anne Fitzhugh Miller speaks of Geneva experience with women voting in special tax elections; reads favorable endorsements for woman suffrage by Mayor Arthur P. Rose and Commo More

W. A. Rogers cartoon: Anti-suffragists presenting petition to New York Senators Thomas Grady and John Raines

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Quotes official anti-suffrage position which cites various suffrage campaign failures as evidence most women do not want suffrage, read by Mrs. Emil Kuichling

Suffragists speak before U.S. Senate and House committees; Carrie Chapman Catt reports on woman suffrage improvements in foreign countries; Senator Owen of Oklahoma for universal suffrage; lists suffragists tha More

Reprint of Mary A. (Mrs. Humphrey) Ward letter to London Times suggesting British anti-suffragists can defeat woman suffrage just as anti-suffragists have in America, noting defeats of constitutional amendments More

Excerpts from Anne Fitzhugh Miller's address at state legislative hearings noting taxation justifies representation and that she would rather be giving "something for nothing" than be responsible for taking "so More

Notes American women's progress in educational and professional opportunities

Text content suggests a 1908 date.

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125 suffragists and 80 anti suffragists travel from New York City to Albany to attend suffrage hearings. Comments by Harriot Stanton Blatch and Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge.

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This March 15, 1909 clipping also appears appropriately in Scrapbook 7, page 43.

Leighton maintains there is no natural right to universal suffrage for men and women; already suffering from vote of uneducated, indifferent men; women do not have less intellectual abilities, just different in More

Elizabeth Smith Miller Study Club study Rose Pastor Stokes and Edgar Allen Poe; Henry B. Graves speaks on tariff; Mrs. Charles Burrall talks of importance of taking a stand on woman suffrage

Senator Harvey D. Hinman declines Anne Fitzhugh Miller's request that he support the woman suffrage amendment.

New York State Association Opposed to Women Suffrage circular letter to New York legislators alleges "no desire to make converts" while charging that suffragists have established a female lobby in Albany. Handw More

Suffrage not necessary to secure civil rights and economic advantage

Geneva suffragists welcome anti-suffrage discussion and organization inspired by Rev. Leighton's talk.

Editorial comment: praises decorum and respectability of Albany suffrage hearings, but fear that American suffragists will follow more militant British suffragists in a cause against their best interests. Belie More

Suffragists secure signatures for suffrage petition at Syracuse State Fair in September, including orchestra members. Anti-suffragist Mrs. Gilbert Jones refused to debate New York State Woman Suffrage Associati More

Assemblyman A. S. Callan won't support suffrage amendment because his mother and sister are members of Association Opposed to woman suffrage

Note: Although written years ago, still appropriate

Mrs. Clarence Mackay meets Governor Hughes; arranges for suffrage hearings March 9 with Speaker Wadsworth and schedules mass suffrage meeting on February 16 and invites Mrs. Nelson H. Henry and anti-suffragists.

College girls, working girls, professional women and socialites all participate in New York City Suffrage parade; Union Square speakers protest New York legislature's lack of action on suffrage bill.

Geneva Political Equality Club afternoon meeting of musical and literary selections, included reading on anti suffragists and extracts of letter from New York State Anti suffrage Association to Governor Hughes More

Illustration shows society women playing cards and dancing rather than voting; only one woman has taken time away from socializing to cast a ballot into a ballot box brought to her card table; an unmarked ballo More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

List of officers and standing committees; report of executive committee summarizes state legislative history of third class cities tax suffrage and concurrent resolution for suffrage constitutional amendment, p More

Mrs. Julian Heath maintains that suffrage states have accomplished little; Assemblyman William Klein napped; Margaret Doane Gardiner also contends that woman suffrage has not brought social improvement; Mrs. Fa More

Mrs. Julian Heath maintains that suffrage states have accomplished little; Assemblyman William Klein napped; Margaret Doane Gardiner also contends that woman suffrage has not brought social improvement; Mrs. Fa More

Mrs. Gilbert Jones anti-suffrage speech at New York state fair converts Katherine Sedgwich Burlingame, leading Syracuse philanthropist, to suffrage cause.

Mrs. Gilbert Jones anti-suffrage speech at New York state fair converts Katherine Sedgwich Burlingame, leading Syracuse philanthropist, to suffrage cause.

Details of suffrage hearings including extracts of speeches by anti-suffragists Mrs. William Forse Scott, Mary Dean Adams and Margaret Doane Gardiner and suffragists Fanny Garrison Villard, Anna Howard Shaw, He More

Details of suffrage hearings including extracts of speeches by anti-suffragists Mrs. William Forse Scott, Mary Dean Adams and Margaret Doane Gardiner and suffragists Fanny Garrison Villard, Anna Howard Shaw, He More

Coverage of suffrage hearings, arguments both for and against full suffrage and tax suffrage; Mrs. Richard K Noyes concerned about enfranchising disreputable women and black women; extracts from Mrs. Richard Al More

Coverage of suffrage hearings, arguments both for and against full suffrage and tax suffrage; Mrs. Richard K Noyes concerned about enfranchising disreputable women and black women; extracts from Mrs. Richard Al More

Coverage of suffrage hearings, arguments both for and against full suffrage and tax suffrage; Mrs. Richard K Noyes concerned about enfranchising disreputable women and black women; extracts from Mrs. Richard Al More

Reprints New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage letter to New York Governor Hughes urging him to appoint more women to state boards and committees as the "safest method of utilizing at the present More

Reprints New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage letter to New York Governor Hughes urging him to appoint more women to state boards and committees as the "safest method of utilizing at the present More

Clipping on February 1908 hearings inadvertently placed with 1909 hearing coverage. Gov. Charles Hughes says suffrage decision rests with women

Clipping on February 1908 hearings inadvertently placed with 1909 hearing coverage. Gov. Charles Hughes says suffrage decision rests with women

Suffragist's reply to anti-suffragist "official paper" read at New York Senate hearings on suffrage

Suffragist's reply to anti-suffragist "official paper" read at New York Senate hearings on suffrage

Anne Fitzhugh Miller speaks at three suffrage hearings; compares anti-suffragists attitude with her own attitude against telephones

Anne Fitzhugh Miller speaks at three suffrage hearings; compares anti-suffragists attitude with her own attitude against telephones

J. Redfern Mason counters Rev. Joseph Leighton's anti suffragist arguments: voting is a natural right of both men and women; trade unions alone cannot protect working women; woman suffrage could uplift politics More

J. Redfern Mason counters Rev. Joseph Leighton's anti suffragist arguments: voting is a natural right of both men and women; trade unions alone cannot protect working women; woman suffrage could uplift politics More

Extracts from speeches of Mrs. William Forse Scott and Mary Dean Adams, against women immigrants voting; Ella Hawley Crossett and Fanny Garrison Villard stress large number of organizations supporting woman suf More

Extracts from speeches of Mrs. William Forse Scott and Mary Dean Adams, against women immigrants voting; Ella Hawley Crossett and Fanny Garrison Villard stress large number of organizations supporting woman suf More

Suffragists and reporters barred from anti-suffragists' railroad car; lists speakers and participants at crowded suffrage hearings; extracts from Anna Howard Shaw's speech.

Suffragists and reporters barred from anti-suffragists' railroad car; lists speakers and participants at crowded suffrage hearings; extracts from Anna Howard Shaw's speech.

In Springfield Sunday Republican, March 4, 1906, Clementina Dawes Nahmer describes National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention events and attendees including Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh More

In Springfield Sunday Republican, March 4, 1906, Clementina Dawes Nahmer describes National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention events and attendees including Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh More

Suffrage cartoon shows Judge Ben Lindsay slaying the anti suffragist dragon of prejudice and misrepresentation. Inspired by Linsay's support of woman suffrage during Albany suffrage hearings based on experience More

Suffrage cartoon shows Judge Ben Lindsay slaying the anti suffragist dragon of prejudice and misrepresentation. Inspired by Linsay's support of woman suffrage during Albany suffrage hearings based on experience More

Four clippings: Edgar Parker's editorial in Advertiser-Gazette, March 22, 1906 supports tax suffrage for women taxpayers and gives local women credit for several public improvements; third class cities tax suff More

Four clippings: Edgar Parker's editorial in Advertiser-Gazette, March 22, 1906 supports tax suffrage for women taxpayers and gives local women credit for several public improvements; third class cities tax suff More

Four clippings: Edgar Parker's editorial in Advertiser-Gazette, March 22, 1906 supports tax suffrage for women taxpayers and gives local women credit for several public improvements; third class cities tax suff More

Four clippings: Edgar Parker's editorial in Advertiser-Gazette, March 22, 1906 supports tax suffrage for women taxpayers and gives local women credit for several public improvements; third class cities tax suff More

Four clippings: Edgar Parker's editorial in Advertiser-Gazette, March 22, 1906 supports tax suffrage for women taxpayers and gives local women credit for several public improvements; third class cities tax suff More