Women Who Want the Ballot Give Their Reasons; page 3
On election day members of Equality League of Self-Supporting Women passed out suffrage literature to voters at polls and held mock elections with voting instructions for nearly 2,000 women at seven theaters. C... More
Anna Cadogan Etz speaks on Woman's Sphere as Mother at Geneva Politica...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
An Afternoon of Welcomes--National American Woman Suffrage Association...
Reports first day activities; Elizabeth Smith Miller presided at October 15 evening meeting; President Anna Howard Shaw honored pioneers of 1848 and celebrated progress in education, church, and professions
They Cheered Him, professor, scientist
Quotes Professor Schmidt's March 4 letter to Anne Fitzhugh Miller, in which he reports 2,000 men at Cooper Union rally applaud suffrage.
What We May See: the Sad Reduction of the Human Male
Reprint from 'Human Life" of a satirical sketch by Laura Simmons in which a woman politician is too busy to spend time with her doting husband.
Woman Suffrage By Dr. Stephen S. Wise
Dr. Stephen S. Wise: woman's rights is human rights and essential to democracy.
From a Different View-Point: Anne Herendeen to Geneva News; page 2
Anne Herendeen argues for woman suffrage justified; would facilitate social reform; not corrupt or interfere with family responsibilities.
Mrs. Pankhurst Has a Day of Triumph
Over 1000 hear Emmeline Pankhurst discuss history of woman suffrage in England; right to petition; hunger strike; field questions at Hudson Theatre
Special Cars for Senator John Raine's Funeral
Governor Hughes and most state legislators lead thousands of friends, family and constituents at Senator Raines funeral. Describes service and floral tributes; Geneva Political Equality Club represented by Anne... More
English Women's Rights Upheld By an Able Champion, Emmeline Pankhurst
Extracts from Anne Fitzhugh Miller's introduction to Emmeline Pankhurst; few men in fair-sized crowd; Pankhurst declares more violence done to women than by women. More sex discrimination than class discriminat... More
The Woman's Suffrage Hearing Before the Judiciary Committee
Editorial from "The Nation" maintains that suffrage movement is now world-wide; motivated by the economic revolution of working women.
Geneva Political Equality Club meeting notice held at home of Professo...
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Emmeline Pankhurst's Mission - Miller Nawsa suffrage scrapbooks 1897-1...
Suggests that Pankhurst's militant methods won't be supported by American suffragists and may create more anti-suffragists
Emmeline Pankhurst a Good Entertainer
Pankhurst says ridicule and annoyance are best tools for British suffrage activists; describes Pankhurst's personal characteristics
42D District Republican Convention
Scott and Griffith tied on first ballot; Anne Fitzhugh Miller addresses district Republican convention, urging delegates to select senatorial nominee who will support woman suffrage
Geneva Political Equality Club women attend Democratic Primaries; page...
Three clippings cover Democratic ward primaries held in Geneva; lists twelve county convention delegates permitted by population of 12, 446, lists Geneva Political Equality Club representatives sent to each war... More
Geneva Club Invited to Participate in New York Protest Meeting
Geneva Political Equality Club invited to send delegation to New York City suffrage demonstration against New York Legislature. Lists delegates Anne Fitzhugh Miller appointed from New York City residents and fr... More
Eliza W. Osborne to Anne Fitzhugh Miller
Eliza Wright Osbourne sends regrets that due to her health she can not join Anne Fitzhugh Miller's party going to Albany legislative hearings. Comments "Funny what a snarl they have got into in regard to the di... More
Assemblyman Callan Likes Home Cooking
Assemblyman A. S. Callan won't support suffrage amendment because his mother and sister are members of Association Opposed to woman suffrage
Griffith Named for Senatorship; Democrats Choose John Colmey
Republicans nominate Frederick Griffith; Democrats nominate John Colmey to succeed Senator Raines; Both conventions support Gov. Hughes' reform policies; Raines eulogized Raines, but no candidate gave his polic... More
Good Looks of Elmira Girl Stir Up a Peck of Trouble
Reports "dissension" among suffrage leaders over selection of delegates to legislative suffrage hearings. New York Tribune implied that Crystal Eastman would replace Ida Husted Harper because of being young and... More
Suffragists and Antis Meet at Woman Suffrage Hearings in Albany; page ...
State Assembly room full for suffrage hearings with nearly 300 suffragists and 100 anti suffragist from New York City attending; arguments, pro and con, summarized.
Emmeline Pankhurst's suffrage methods; page 2
Various clippings report Emmeline Pankhurst's speaking tour to Auburn and Syracuse, N.Y.; speaking style; suffrage methods; suggest American don't need to stoop to violence to succeed.
Glad Over Albany; Both Suffragists and 'Antis Hold Causes Profited
Suffrage hearings successful; more men interested in suffrage; arguments better presented on both sides
Ontario County Republican delegates endorse Royal R. Scott for Senate ...
Charlotte A. Baldridge urged convention to support candidates that would favor woman suffrage and a suffrage amendment; Royal Scott chosen over Thomas Wilson on second ballot
F.W. Griffith the Candidate - Public domain document scan
Frederick W. Griffith, Wayne County elected Republican senatorial nominee on 8th ballot; Griffith promises to support Gov. Hughes reform policies, including direct primaries. Convention passed resolutions prais... More
Appreciation of Professor Nash by Hobart Board
Hobart College Board of Trustees praises legacy of Francis Philip Nash, Emiritus Professor of Latin Language and literature.
M. Carey Thomas to Anne Fitzhugh Miller; page 2
Carrie Thomas appeals to Anne Fitzhugh Miller and Elizabeth Smith Miller to pledge contributions to the Susan B. Anthony Guarantee Fund.
Few Seats for Men at Suffrage Hearing
Suffrage hearings so packed that Legislative committee couldn't find seats; strong anti-suffragist group present; Max Eastman and Richard Barry speak for suffrage.
Sylvia Pankhurst speaks in Geneva
Large crowd hears Sylvia Pankhurst; appeals to young women to get involved; industrial conditions worse in England
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, English Suffragist, who will speak tonight at t...
Announcement of Sylvia Pankhurst speech sponsored by Geneva Political Equality Club, brief biography and photomechanical print.
Proceedings of the first anniversary of the American Equal Rights Asso...
This report contains addresses by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Samuel J. May, C.C. Burleigh, Frances D. Gage, Lucretia Mott, Parker Pillsbury, Ernestine Rose, Henry Ward Beecher, Sojourner Truth, and Charles Lenox R... More
Address before the Second Biennial Convention of the World's Woman's C...
Reprint of a speech delivered at the Art Institute building at the World Columbian Exposition in 1893. Willard was president of both of these organizations. The speech touches on a number of issues concerning w... More
The new womanhood
Winnifred Harper Cooley was the daughter of Ida Husted Harper, one of the authors of the multi-volume "History of Woman Suffrage." This book, written during the period of time when Anna Howard Shaw was presiden... More
Equal suffrage : the results of an investigation in Colorado made for ...
An examination of the effects of woman suffrage on "political and social life," using Colorado as a case study. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Mobilizing woman-power during World War I
This book by Elizabeth Cady Stanton's daughter emphasizes the importance of women's contributions to World War I. It helps demostrate the link British and American suffragists were making between wartime sacrif... More
Handbook of the National American Woman Suffrage Association : and pro...
This is NAWSA's final report. With the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, its work came to a close and the association was reorganized as the League of Women Voters. Also available in digital for... More
Proceedings of the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women, held in ...
This pamphlet helps to emphasize the relationship between abolitionism and women's rights. Also available in digital form.
Discourse on woman
This lecture by Mott, delivered 17 December 1849, was in response to one by an unidentified lecturer criticizing the demand for equal rights for women. She makes a very gentle appeal here for women's enfranchis... More
Proceedings at the presentation to the Hon. Robert Dale Owen of a silv...
In 1851, Indiana adopted a state constitution that included a measure protecting the property rights of married women. Robert Dale Owen was the chief architect of this provision and the women of Indiana honored... More
Address to the Legislature of New-York : adopted by the State Woman's ...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Woman's rights
In this pamphlet, clergyman John Todd argues that women are not equal to men because they cannot invent or reason extensively. A good examination of the separate spheres ideology. Also available in digital form... More
That terrible question, or, A few thoughts on love and marriage
This pamphlet by an abolitionist argues that women are enslaved by marriage. Includes author's The social evil (p. 1-12 at end). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy forme... More
Suffrage conferred by the Fourteenth Amendment : woman's suffrage in t...
Sara J. Spencer and Sarah E. Webster each brought cases before the court in the District of Columbia arguing that they were enfranchised by the Fourteenth Amendment. This pamphlet contains the arguments of thei... More
Universal suffrage : speech of Hon. Thomas W. Palmer of Michigan in th...
Caption title. LC copy is [no. 6] in a vol. with binder's title: Senator Sumner's 1869 and reports and hearings to 1902. Binding: inscribed by Susan B. Anthony. From the library of Anna H. Shaw. NAWSA bookplate... More
Debate on woman suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d sessio...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Hearing of the Woman Suffrage Association before the Committee on the ...
This pamphlet contains speeches by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Susan B. Anthhony. Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Hearing of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Committee...
This pamphlet contains speeches by Susan B. Anthony, Charlotte Perkins Stetson [Gilman], Henry Blackwell, and others. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller
The scrapbooks were compiled by suffragists Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, of Geneva, N.Y., between 1897 and 1911. They include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, letters... More
Bible and church degrade woman
In 1895, Elizabeth Cady Stanton published the first edition of "The Woman's Bible," an attempt to amplify, explain, and redefine scriptural references pertaining to women in the basis that these were often used... More
Woman suffrage : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary of the ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
New York State Association Opposed to the Extension of the Suffrage to...
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
James Wadsworth, New York Assembly speaker, to Anne F. Miller
Marginal annotations and underlining in Feb. letter by Anne Miller. Speaker Wadsworth against woman suffrage amendment because majority of women are indifferent; bad women voting would out number good. With Wad... More
Equal suffrage : the results of an investigation in Colorado made for ...
An examination of the effects of woman suffrage on "political and social life," using Colorado as a case study. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
"The Blue book" : woman suffrage, history, arguments and results
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Front door lobby - Public domain document scan
This is an original manuscript of Park's account of her work on the NAWSA Congressional Committee. Typescript. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has bookplate: Carrie C... More
The record of the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc., 1917-1929
This is a fascinating account of Miriam Florence Follin Leslie, the wife of Frank Leslie of "Leslie"s Illustrated Newspaper." When Frank Leslie died in 1880, Florence legally changed her name to "Frank Leslie" ... More
The first convention ever called to discuss the civil and political ri...
Caption title. "This call was published in the Seneca County courier, July 14, 1848, without any signatures. The movers of this convention, who drafted the call, the declaration and resolutions were Elizabeth C... More
Woman's rights
In this pamphlet, clergyman John Todd argues that women are not equal to men because they cannot invent or reason extensively. A good examination of the separate spheres ideology. Also available in digital form... More
The true woman : a series of discourses : to which is added Woman vs. ...
Justin D. Fulton was pastor of the Union Temple Baptist Church in Boston, Massachusetts. His pamphlet employs traditional arguments from scripture as evidence for why women should not be enfranchised. Also avai... More
"And the truth shall make you free" : a speech on the principles of so...
This speech defends Woodhull's advocacy of free love or social freedom, which served to create divisions within the women's rights movement and led eventually to her ostracism by some women's rights association... More
Harriet Taylor Upton, Treasurer, National American Woman Suffrage Asso...
Harriet Taylor Upton discusses National American Woman Suffrage Association delegation meeting with President Theodore Roosevelt; Anne Fitzhugh Miller's personal interest in metaphysics and visiting Mrs. Crosse... More
James Wadsworth, New York Assembly speaker, to Anne F. Miller
Marginal annotations and underlining in Feb. letter by Anne Miller. Speaker Wadsworth against woman suffrage amendment because majority of women are indifferent; bad women voting would out number good. With Wad... More
Index for Miller Scrapbook 1904-1906
Name and Subject index in the hand of Anne Fitzhugh Miller.
Woman and the republic : a survey of the woman-suffrage movement in th...
This book, originally published in 1897, argues against woman suffrage as being antithetical to both democracy and progress. The author maintains that women can progress only in relation to the general progress... More
Mary S. Gibson, pioneer : memorial, Los Angeles, California, 1930 ; pr...
Mary Simons Gibson was a California teacher, activist, and fund-raiser who supported a large variety of causes. Among these were suffrage for California women, better educational opportunities for women, care o... More
Proceedings of the National Women's Rights Convention held at Clevelan...
This pamphlet addresses a variety of different problems facing women in the nineteenth century, including equal access to education and employment, reform of laws governing marriage and divorce, and concerns ab... More
That terrible question, or, A few thoughts on love and marriage
This pamphlet by an abolitionist argues that women are enslaved by marriage. Includes author's The social evil (p. 1-12 at end). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy forme... More
A history of the national woman's rights movement, for twenty years : ...
This pamphlet includes speeches by Matilda Joselyn Gage and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and an appendix including information on actions taken since the convention, including the memorial of Victoria Woodhull to Co... More
Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement : a general, political, l...
Harriet Hanson was a Lowell mill operative in the 1830s and 1840s when she wrote "Loom and Spindle." In 1848, she married William Stevens Robinson, editor of the "Lowell courier." After the Civil War both Harri... More
Mr. Warren, from the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, submitted the...
Caption title. "Calendar no. 1174." LC copy is [no. 11] in a vol. with binder's title: Senator Sumner's 1869 and reports and hearings to 1902. Binding: inscribed by Susan B. Anthony. From the library of Anna H.... More
Legal status of women in Iowa
Jennie Wilson was a member of the bar in Polk County, Iowa. In this book, she summarizes the legal status of women in such areas as marriage, divorce, property rights, apprenticeships of children, estates and w... More
Congressional reports in favor of an amendment to the national constit...
Caption title. LC copy is [no. 22] in a vol. with binder's title: Senator Sumner's 1869 and reports and hearings to 1902. Binding: inscribed by Susan B. Anthony. From the library of Anna H. Shaw. NAWSA bookplat... More
The new womanhood
Winnifred Harper Cooley was the daughter of Ida Husted Harper, one of the authors of the multi-volume "History of Woman Suffrage." This book, written during the period of time when Anna Howard Shaw was presiden... More
For rent -- one pedestal
This is a series of letters between two fictional characters, Delight Dennison (an out-of-work teacher) and her friend, Barbara Martin. They are set in the community of Canton and document Dennison's transforma... More
Anna Howard Shaw : a memorial - Suffragists biography
Shaw was president of NAWSA from 1904-1915. This pamphlet contains several eulogies by unidentified authors. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has bookplate: library, C... More
Front door lobby - Public domain document scan
This is an original manuscript of Park's account of her work on the NAWSA Congressional Committee. Typescript. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has bookplate: Carrie C... More
Woman suffrage and politics : the inner story of the suffrage movement
This book addresses the question of why women in twenty-six other countries received the right to vote before American women were enfranchised. The authors blame the liquor lobby for the delay. First published ... More
The first convention ever called to discuss the civil and political ri...
Caption title. "This call was published in the Seneca County courier, July 14, 1848, without any signatures. The movers of this convention, who drafted the call, the declaration and resolutions were Elizabeth C... More
Woman's right to preach the gospel : a sermon, preached at the ordinat...
This sermon was preached at the ordination of Antoinette L. Brown, on 15 September 1853. Brown was one of the first women to be ordained in the Congregational church. Lettered on cover: S.B. Anthony. No. 13 in ... More
That terrible question, or, A few thoughts on love and marriage
This pamphlet by an abolitionist argues that women are enslaved by marriage. Includes author's The social evil (p. 1-12 at end). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy forme... More
Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered ...
The message of this pamphlet is that all women in Pennsylvania must be enfranchised under the new state constitution to keep business interests--in this specific case the railroads and the coal mines--from runn... More
Address of Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman's National Counc...
The National Council of Women of the United States was created in 1888 at the recommendation of Elizabeth Cady Stanton to further the goal of women's rights. It includes interesting information on the ideologic... More
Report of hearing before the Committee on Woman Suffrage, January 28, ...
LC copy is [no. 14] in a vol. with binder's title: Senator Sumner's 1869 and reports and hearings to 1902. Binding: inscribed by Susan B. Anthony. From the library of Anna H. Shaw. NAWSA bookplate. Also availab... More
The legal status of women by Jessie Jane Cassidy
In a series of seven chapters, Saunders undertakes an examination of the legal status of women in the United States concerning the property rights of married women -- including intestate estates and the right t... More
Program of the 5th Triennial Meeting of the National Council of Women ...
The National Council of Women of the United States was founded in 1888 by Susan B. Anthony at the suggestion of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was an organization composed of national organizations and affiliated a... More
Woman suffrage by federal constitutional amendment
This collection of essays focuses on the various arguments for and against woman suffrage by federal constitutional amendment rather than by individual states. An essay by Henry Wade Rogers provides an interest... More
"The Blue book" : woman suffrage, history, arguments and results
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
The woman voter's manual
A good general explanation of American government. There are some interesting illustrations here summarizing legislation affecting women and children throughout the United States. Also available in digital form... More
Debate on woman suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d sessio...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Woman suffrage by federal constitutional amendment
This collection of essays focuses on the various arguments for and against woman suffrage by federal constitutional amendment rather than by individual states. An essay by Henry Wade Rogers provides an interest... More
The Ohio convention reporter
This publication proposes to cover all of the major conventions taking place in Ohio. In the March, 1870, issue, it published the proceedings of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Convention. Lucy Stone was a keynote spea... More
Transactions of the National Council of Women of the United States : a...
The National Council of Women of the United States was founded in 1888 by Susan B. Anthony at the suggestion of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was an organization composed of national organizations and affiliated a... More
Anna Howard Shaw : a memorial - Suffragists biography
Shaw was president of NAWSA from 1904-1915. This pamphlet contains several eulogies by unidentified authors. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has bookplate: library, C... More
Handbook of the National American Woman Suffrage Association : and pro...
This is NAWSA's final report. With the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, its work came to a close and the association was reorganized as the League of Women Voters. Also available in digital for... More
Woman suffrage and politics : the inner story of the suffrage movement
This book addresses the question of why women in twenty-six other countries received the right to vote before American women were enfranchised. The authors blame the liquor lobby for the delay. First published ... More
That terrible question, or, A few thoughts on love and marriage
This pamphlet by an abolitionist argues that women are enslaved by marriage. Includes author's The social evil (p. 1-12 at end). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy forme... More
Debate on woman suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d sessio...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Woman suffrage : hearing before the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.