Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner collection

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Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner collection

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New York Weekly Tribune
This issue of the Tribune features “The Rights of Woman,” a reporter’s account of the Ohio Woman’s Rights Convention from May 28th in Akron. At the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth (c. 1797– 1883) delivered what is…

New York Tribune
At the ninth annual meeting of the National Woman’s Rights Convention, Mrs. Susan B, Anthony was elected President. After "noise and restlessness" made the speeches of Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Caroline Dall, Lucretia Mott, and Ernestine Rose…

Wisconsin State Journal
In “Female Suffrage in New Jersey”, the author recounts the work of Mrs. Lucy Stone and Mrs. H. B. Blackwell to examine the history of suffrage in the state of New Jersey. Until the state changed its constitution in 1844, “all inhabitants without…

The New York Herald
Page five reads: “The Woman’s Movement. Humorous history of the social revolution-Present Strength of the Movement-Suffrage, Sorosis and the Parliament-Secession on the Carpet-A New Phase of the Woman Question.” The article refers to the four…

“Some Remarkable American Women, at the Bar, in the Pulpit, and on the Dramatic and Operatic Stages.”
“Some Remarkable American Women” features image of Miss Phebe Couzins addressing the National Democratic Convention of 1876, in St. Louis. Couzins was one of the first female lawyers in the United States. Other woman highlighted in this article…

Daughters of America, or, Women of the century.
Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford was a Christian Universalist minister and biographer who was active in championing universal suffrage and women's rights. This work attempts to record the life and times of hundreds of remarkable women including religious…

Woman’s Tribune
The Woman's Tribune was an American newspaper founded in Beatrice, Nebraska, by women's suffrage activist Clara Bewick Colby. It was the official publication of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association. Throughout its run, its slogan was "Equality…

“Woman in the Home.”
Produced by the Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York in support of the women's suffrage movement, FitzGerald argues that “women are, by nature and training, housekeepers. Let them have a hand in the city’s housekeeping, even if they introduce…

Equal Suffrage is the Birthright of Woman [Postcard]
Endorsed and approved by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Purple and yellow banner features an escutcheon which reads "THE BALLOT IS DENIED TO WOMAN" below the escutcheon, are the words "THE BLOT ON THE ESCUTCHEON."

Beware of Magazines and Newspapers [Postcard]
Postcard endorsed and approved by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Front reads “Beware of MAGAZINES and NEWSOPAPERS which are opposed to WOMAN SUFFRAGE. THERE’S A REASON.” Inside purple ribbon reads “Think it over. An ounce of…
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