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Voting restrictions in the 13 southern states. A report by the Committee of Editors and Writers of the South
Pamphlet gives voting information for thirteen southern states such as poll times, compensation, voting requirements, absentee voting, voter turnout from previous elections, and expected African American voter turnout.
Louisiana laws discriminating against women
Pamphlet address how Louisiana law discriminated against women, as well as equal rights legislation secured by the Woman’s Party at the Special Session of the Louisiana Legislature in November of 1921.
A survey of the results of women's suffrage in California made by the Committee of Political Science, Mrs. Seward A. Simons, Chairman
This survey documented the voting, registration, and political activities of women in California. Report includes: the number of women registered to vote, related legislation obtained, offices held by women, women who served on juries, and related…
The Pacific suffragist
First and last issue of this short-lived suffragist magazine (intended to be a bi-monthly). Mostly a digest of news, with an inaugural editorial on the suffrage movement in California.
Memorial of the women of Oklahoma and Indian Territory to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
Suffragists from Oklahoma and Indian territories met in 1904 in Oklahoma City and established the Woman Suffrage Association of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. After the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention delegates voted against women's suffrage in…
Speech of Hon. Powell Clayton delivered before the Lincoln Club, of Little Rock, Ark., September 22, 1888: and his letter of Sept. 24th to Gov. Hughes
Powell Clayton served as the Republican Governor of Arkansas (1868-1871), as a United States Senator (1871-1877) and as United States Ambassador to Mexico (1899 to 1905). According to Clayton “the ballot box is the foundation of our American…
United States Circuit Courts for the District of Texas, Office Chief Supervisor of Elections, Dallas, Texas, September 24, 1882: to U.S. Supervisors of elections ... James Bentley, Chief Supervisor of Elections
Publication contains revised statues regarding elections of representatives and the duties assigned to supervisors of elections. Includes “what shall entitle a person to vote” and the penalty for hindering someone’s ability to vote.
Nine years' experience of woman suffrage in Wyoming
Pamphlet reassured men that granting suffrage to women would not be a threat. The pamphlet quotes the governor of Wyoming as saying “I approved the bill giving Suffrage to woman, without looking favorably upon it, owing to my early prejudices, but…
Circular: To the end that the election to be held on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of November may be lawfully conducted, and that all citizens may have an opportunity to vote freely and without restraint ... the following regulations are established...
Davis was a lawyer, soldier, and politician. He served as a general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He also served for one term as the Governor of Texas (1870 to 1874). From the Governor's Office, Austin, Texas, September 23, 1872, the…
An address on "Suffrage and Reconstruction," the duty of the people, the President, and Congress by Hon. A.J. Hamilton, of Texas; delivered at the invitation of the Impartial-Suffrage League, at the Tremont Temple in Boston
Hamilton was a lawyer, state representative, and the 11th Governor of Texas. The Impartial Suffrage League was founded in Boston in 1866. League members expressed support for women’s suffrage, but the league’s constitution was confined to attaining…