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May was an American reformer who supported a number of movements including: education, women's rights, and abolition of slavery. He wrote The Rights and Condition of Women in 1846 in favor of giving women the right to vote and allowing them equality…

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From the preface: “This volume contains all the objections to woman-suffrage, their answers, and the cream of all that has been said and written on the subject from Moses and Plato down to Paul and 'Josiah Allen's wife.'

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The suffrage question was first raised in Colorado in 1868 when it was suggested that the idea be tested in the territories before being adopted nationally. Nothing more was done until the 1890s when a new state suffrage organization concentrated on…

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Sumner was an American economist whose work centered on labor issues particularly in relation to women and children. This work examines the effects of suffrage on "political and social life," using Colorado as a case study. “As for the loss in…

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Broadside indicating: “Who cannot vote/Who can vote/Residence defined/Voters may appoint judges/Where voter has changed residence/Poll tax receipt must be presented/The official ballot/Assistance to voter in preparing ballot/Marked or mutilated…

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“Attorney General joins in urging women’s registry.” Looney wrote this letter to Robert Maud, tax collector of Travis County on June 6, 1918 addressing, and clarifying the registration of women voters.

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Twenty Years of Congress

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