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A loss to all women, an injury to the State: why Elihu Root opposes woman suffrage ... Mr. Root's opinion
Elihu Root was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the Secretary of State (1905-1909), Secretary of War (1899-1904) and as the United State Senator from New York (1909-1915). Pamphlet contains the text of Elihu Root's opinion on women's…
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…
Address in favor of universal suffrage, for the election of delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Before the Judiciary Committees of the Legislature of New York, in the Assembly chamber, January 23, 1867, in behalf of the American Equal Rights Association
An argument for universal suffrage and references to the Woman question given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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…
An appeal to the women of the United States by the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, Washington, D.C.
The National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee was created to coordinate the fight for women's rights through the country, distribute publications to assist in those efforts, and appeal for donations for a printing fund. The Appeal contains a…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Series of anti-suffrage flyers linking the movement to socialism 1913, 1919
“The Red Behind the Yellow Socialism in the Wake of Suffrage” was issued by the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Formed in 1911, the National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage (NAOWS) was a popular anti-suffrage organization among…