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The woman-suffrage movement in the United States, a study; by a lawyer.
Dedicated “To my mother whose mind moved the hand that held the pen.” From an unknown author, this work examines the suffrage movement through the legal issues of marriage, divorce, taxation and religion. According to the author, “female suffrage is…
Injun Paul; or, The Prairie Cat. An Arizona Romance. A Strange Story of Strange Adventure in a Strange Country
Albert W. Aiken
Injun Paul; or, The Prairie Cat. An Arizona Romance. A Strange Story of Strange Adventure in a Strange Country
New York: G. Munro, 1892
First printed in 1874; reprinted in 1892 as No. 8 in the Boys’ Dashaway series.
The publisher…
"All's Not Gold That Glitters." Or, The Young Californian. By Cousin Alice
Alice Bradley Haven, 1827-1863
"All’s Not Gold That Glitters.” Or, The Young Californian. By Cousin Alice
New-York: D. Appleton & Co., 1865
Part of the “Home Books” series by “Cousin Alice” and first published in 1853.
Sam Gilman accompanies his…
Ho! for Elf-Land! By Alice Kingsbury
Alice Kingsbury, d. 1910
Ho! for Elf-Land! By Alice Kingsbury
San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1877
According to her obituary, “Mrs. Cooley was a native of Bristol, England, but came to America with her parents when a child, the family…
Live Boys: or, Charley and Nasho in Texas. A Narrative Relating to Two Boys of Fourteen, One a Texan, the other a Mexican. Showing Their Life on the Great Texas Cattle Trail, and Their Adventures in the Indian Territory, Kansas, and Northern Texas. Embracing Many Thrilling Adventures Taken Down From Charley’s Narrative by Arthur Morecamp
Arthur Morecamp, d. 1882
Live Boys: or, Charley and Nasho in Texas. A Narrative Relating to Two Boys of Fourteen, One a Texan, the other a Mexican. Showing Their Life on the Great Texas Cattle Trail, and Their Adventures in the Indian Territory,…
The Stolen Boy: A Story, Founded on Facts. By Mrs. Hofland.
Barbara Hofland, 1770-1844
The Stolen Boy: A Story, Founded on Facts. By Mrs. Hofland.
New York: Hurst, [1880s?]
This fairly conventional children’s novel recounts the story of Manuel’s three years in Comanche captivity after his kidnapping from his…
The history of equal suffrage in Colorado, 1868-1898, by Joseph G. Brown; endorsed by the Non-Partisan Colorado Equal Suffrage Association
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…
Women's suffrage: the reform against nature
Horace Bushnell opposed woman’s suffrage because he thought of politics as a kind of necessary evil. Chapters include: Women not created or called to govern / Scripture doctrine coincides / Subtle mistakes of feeling and argument / The report of…
Constitutional equality a right of woman: or, A consideration of the various relations which she sustains as a necessary part of the body of society and humanity; with her duties to herself--together with a review of the Constitution of the United States, showing that the right to vote is guaranteed to all citizens.
Cook was a suffragist and one of the first women to open a Wall Street brokerage firm. Here she argues that “both sexes are born equal, possessed of the same essential germinal qualities of character, conscience and intellect, and entitled to the…
A history of the national woman's rights movement for twenty years: with the proceedings of the decade meeting held at Apollo hall, October 20, 1870, from 1850 to 1870, with an appendix containing the history of the movement during the winter of 1871, in the national capitol.
Woodhull was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for President of the United States in 1872. Davis was an abolitionist, suffragist, and educator who was one of the founders of the New England Woman Suffrage Association.