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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…

Documents the speech of Jane Addams seconding the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt and a letter from Roosevelt to Addams. The Progressive Party platform in 1912 included a number of labor related goals including: the prohibition of child labor, a…

“Give us a vote and we will cook the better for a wide outlook.” From soup stock to apple rolls, Jennings’ compilation of recipes donated by suffragists from around the state was planned as a fundraiser for the Washington Equal Suffrage Association…

Campaign literature asking: " ... Why is it that the only place in the world where man wants to represent woman is at the ballot box? ??? Vote for the suffrage amendment, Nov. 7."

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…

In this work Catt has compiled documents related to "why an amendment to the Federal Constitution is the most appropriate method of dealing with the question" of woman suffrage. She authored four chapters, and Mary Sumner Boyd and the Hon. Henry Wade…

George Hoar was an American politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts (1877-1904). Senator Hoar argues that woman's active participation in church and state will work well for the country.

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…