Femmes (les)

Rare broadside calls for the Women's Vote

16392What is the Federal Suffrage Amendment National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company Inc. New York: Feb. 1917. 10 x 7 in. Very scarce No institution has a copy of this Broadside as per OCLC. Published just three years before 19th Amendment was passed this rare broadside advocates for women's right to vote on a national level. The document lists states that have passed women's suffrage on a local level and where women's votes counted in the 1916 Presidential election. It references rights guaranteed in the Constitution and ends with the line: "Until the Women-People . . . elect their Representatives our government is Republican in form but not in fact." Even toning. Two horizontal creases. 3 small tears along right edge 1 top edge. Tiny chip top left corner. Very good. unknown books

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Women Suffrage NAWSABAA

Commission on Universal Suffrage pamphlet 1910

16432Official Report of the Commission on Universal Suffrage National American Woman Suffrage Association 1910. In self wrappers 15 pages. New York French Chamber of Deputies on the Proposition to give Women the Right to Vote. New York:The pamphlet is a brief summary and translation of the report presented to the French Chamber of Deputies. The National American Woman Suffrage Association NAWSA was an organization formed on February 18 1890 to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. It was created by the merger of two existing organizations the National Woman Suffrage Association NWSA and the American Woman Suffrage Association AWSA. Its membership which was about seven thousand at the time it was formed eventually increased to two million making it the largest voluntary organization in the nation. It played a pivotal role in the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which in 1920 guaranteed women's right to vote. Very good condition. unknown books

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Women Suffrage Millicent FawcettABAA

British Suffrage Leader Millicent Garrett Fawcett Original Photo c. 1890

17185Millicent Garrett Fawcett. British feminist suffrage advocate and labor reformer. Very early and large portrait of labor activist Millicent Fawcett who improved conditions for women in manufacturing. She is shows as a young woman dressed all in black and seated with a small book in hand. 10 x 7" photograph mounted on 16.5 x 12" board. With 4 large unbound sheets on Fawcett's biography and life's work. Autograph facsimile below photograph. "Her main object of making women feel the responsibility of their existence as a means of making them better and happier and so the world better and happier causes her to take a great interest in Women's education." Millicent Garrett Fawcett supported the Married Women's Property Act and was very active in the woman's suffrage movement. She campaigned for women's suffrage through legal change and led Britain's largest women's rights association the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies NUWSS from 1897-1919. "If there be those who idealise the real and maintain that a woman should be but a doll there are others who realizes the ideal of women to no small extent in Mrs. Fawcett and see in her very existence the hopeless refutation of her detractor's argument." "Walery Photographer to the Queen / 164 Regent Street London" printed on mat below photograph. Walery was the byline used by a father and son team of photographers from 1884-1898. Printed sheets of biographical information have some foxing toning and wear around edges. Library stamp in upper left corner of photo board. In very good condition. unknown books

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For over fifty years Illinois women have been asking for full suffrage

16548Suffrage Amendment Alliance. Senator James J. Barbour on January 17 1917 introduced in the Illinois Senate the Suffrage Amendment to the Illinois Constitution. It Is Senate Joint Resolution No. 2. First edition. 9 x 6 in. 4 pages. Clearly lays out the facts and history of suffrage activism its growing popularity and the acts of brave women demanding their rights: "the women of Illinois marched through the sleet.asking for a woman's suffrage plank". It lists the political promises made by both democrat and republic parties to include women suffrage as a priority issue. "Men who vote for this amendment will not have the difficult task of explaining to their constituents the difference between their theory and their practice." Lists the State Central Committee of the Suffrage Amendment Alliance on last page. Two horizontal folds. Very good condition. unknown books

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Women Suffrage by Constitutional Amendment First Edition Signed

16700Tucker Henry St. George. Women Suffrage by Constitutional Amendment. First Edition Signed and Inscribed. New Haven: Yale 1916. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. viii 204. Inscribed by the author a very nice copy. Kruchmar 2068. 40111 These lectures were delivered in the William L. Storrs Lecture Series before the Law School at Yale University. Tucker 1853-1932 was a Congressman from Virginia. He argues that a Constitutional amendment providing for women's suffrage would violate the division between state and federal powers. According to Tucker the right to vote is not a federal issue but a local one. unknown books

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Women's Emancipation" in GermanyTruths and Lies -1899

17141Women's Suffrage Germany P. Aug. Rosler. "Wahre und Falsche Frauen Emanzipation Truths and Lies: Women's Emancipation". Written in German. Stuttgart und Wien: Dof Roth'sche Verlagshandlung 1899. Printed by Hieronymus Muhlberger in Augsburg. 60 pages. 9 x 6 in. Original paper wraps. Very rare with 0 institutions or libraries in the US holding this volume per OCLC Worldcat. An early German language treatise regarding popular myths on women's suffrage and the Women's Question die Frauenfrage. The volume lists the Madonna mother of Christ as one example of virtuous women whom all respect. German women were granted the right to vote and be elected from November 12 1918 immediately after the Armistice of WWI. Handwritten ink annotation on front cover. Front and back cover are detached; pages 1-16 detached; pages 49-60 detached. In good condition. unknown books

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Women Suffrage Cookbook: Virginia Cookery Book published by Virginia League of Women Voters 1921

17171Suffrage Cookbook Virginia League of Women Voters. Virginia Cookery Book: Traditional Recipes. Richmond VA: Virginia League of Women Voters 1921. First edition. 192 pages. Cream illustrated boards. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. "Believing that our spirits are strengthened by well nourished bodies we have collected with care the recipes contained in this volume." The Foreword reads: "The Virginia League of Women Voters offers this book of Virginia Cookery in the hope that those who use it will find it helpful and will have the added satisfaction of knowing that by purchasing a copy they will have contributed to the fund of the League for education in good citizenship." The Virginia League of Women Voters was organized to help women attain and exercise their right to vote after the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote was passed in Congress in 1919. Virginia however was one of the nine southern states that opposed the amendment and refused to ratify it. Virginia women at last won the hard-fought right to vote in August 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment became law and exercised that right soon after in the November elections. Recipes are attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. Light brown film adhered to large portions of front and back cover. Else in good to very good condition. unknown books

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Women Suffrage CookbookABAA

Women Suffrage Cookbook: Virginia Cookery Book published by Virginia League of Women Voters 1921

17065Suffrage Cookbook Virginia League of Women Voters. Virginia Cookery Book: Traditional Recipes. Richmond VA: Virginia League of Women Voters 1921. First edition. 192 pages. Cream illustrated boards. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. "Believing that our spirits are strengthened by well nourished bodies we have collected with care the recipes contained in this volume." The Foreword reads: "The Virginia League of Women Voters offers this book of Virginia Cookery in the hope that those who use it will find it helpful and will have the added satisfaction of knowing that by purchasing a copy they will have contributed to the fund of the League for education in good citizenship." The Virginia League of Women Voters was organized to help women attain and exercise their right to vote after the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote was passed in Congress in 1919. Virginia however was one of the nine southern states that opposed the amendment and refused to ratify it. Virginia women at last won the hard-fought right to vote in August 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment became law and exercised that right soon after in the November elections. Recipes are attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. In very good condition. unknown books

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Colombian women vote for first time in historic election to reform government

16532Colombian women vote for first time. Vintage Gelatin silver print black and white press photo with two images. 7 x 9 in. December 4 1957. Original caption printed above images in part: "Bogota Colombia: Women voting for the first time in Colombian history turned out in large numbers in the 12/1 national plebiscite. Many mothers carried children in their arms as they arrived at polling places.at right a woman voter holds up an ink-stained finger which indicates that she has voted." This election was doubly historic: 1957 was the first election in which Colombian women voted and it was a special election in which voters decided to implement a new bi-partisan government and end a ten-year period of political unrest and civil war known in Colombian history as "La Violencia." Very good condition. unknown books

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Women Suffrage Catt Stone BlackwellABAA

Woman Suffrage "The Blue book": Arguments and results - 8 Booklets from 1910

16509Woman suffrage arguments and results : a collection of eight popular booklets covering together practically the entire field of suffrage claims and evidence :New York: National American Woman Suffrage Association 1910 First edition this title became known as the famous "The Blue book" of Suffage. Scarce First edition. A collection of eight popular first edition booklets broadly covering claims and evidence related to the women's suffrage movement published together as a resource for suffrage advocates. 4 x 6.5 Original blue cloth boards. Includes writings by Ida Huster Harper A brief history of the movement for woman suffrage in the United States Jane Addams Why women should vote Carrie Chapman Catt Do you know and Alice Stone Blackwell The sentiment for woman suffrage among others. Discoloration on cover s and some rubbing. Overall good to very good. unknown books

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Punch Magazine 2 women's suffrage cartoons 1912

16437Punch Magaine. Set of 2 original large print cartoons on women's suffrage. 1912. Punch was a British satirical magazine which was famous for its cartoons on various current events including women's suffrage. Leading activists such as Millicent Garrett Fawcett even described the staff of Punch as having been 'true and faithful friends' of the women's movement. "United We Differ" shows two senior members of the Prime Minister's cabinet Mr. Harcourt and Mr. Lloyd George back to back on a platform debating about the topic of women's suffrage. "No Sympathy Necessary" shows one gentlemen remarking on how seldom he sees his wife due to her involvement in "the Votes for Women business." "No Sympathy Necessary" has scattered light brown stains around page edges not affecting image or text. Very good condition. unknown books

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Early Women's Suffrage Leaders Autograph letter signed Petition for "Right to Vote in the election of Members of Parliament" 1873

16233Early suffrage leaders Caroline Biggs and Agnes Garrett Autograph letter signed 1873 on" National Society for Women's Suffrage" letterhead. 1 page letter 10.25 x 8.25 in. Good condition. 2 vertical and 3 horizontal fold lines. Light soiling and small losses around edges. In this letter leaders Caroline Biggs and Agnes Garrett write from one of the first English national groups the National Society for Women's Suffrage founded one year before in 1872. They write about their "Petition.to obtain for those women ratepayers and owners of property.the Right to Vote also in the elections of Members of Parliament." Parliamentary voting rights would become a major battle in the fight for women's equality. It would take 45 years before married women gained the vote in the 1918 Representation of the People Act and 10 years more before all women gained the vote. unknown books

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Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee 1915

16431Massachusetts Anti-Suffrage Committee. The Case Against Woman Suffrage: The Most Important Question on the Ballot at the State Election November 2 1915. Boston: Anchor Linotype Printing Co. 1915. In self wrappers 48 pages. Massachusetts was the home state to many prominent activists in the woman suffrage movement such as Lucy Stone and Lucreta Mott; nevertheless it was also a center of anti-suffrage activity. The pamphlet addressed "to the men of Massachusetts" provides detailed arguments against woman suffrage: "In this little book we present some of the many reasons for our belief that woman suffrage is wrong in theory and bad in practice." Anti-suffragists claimed that most women did not want the vote and that enfranchising women would be both "a loss to the state and a loss to women." Mark in black ink along bottom edge front cover. Very good condition. unknown books

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Women Suffrage letterABAA

''OUR CONGRESSMEN ARE AN AWFUL DUMB LOT. AS SOON AS WE GET THE VOTE LETS RUN FOR CONGRESS''

15967WOMAN SUFFRAGE. ALS. 4pgs. December 9 1914. Washington D.C. Four autograph letters on two sheets of ''Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage'' letterhead. The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was a Washington D.C.-based women's suffrage organization founded by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns in 1913. The Congressional Union an offshoot of the National American Woman Suffrage Association advocated for suffrage on a federal level but held sometimes-extreme views that were not supported by the older organization. It counted Helen Keller among its members. Four active members wrote to their compatriot Virginia Patschke of Lebanon Pennsylvania sharing news of fellow members and union goings-on. The letters are: a ''My dear Miss Pataschke: We went to Mrs. Boekh to a 'spread' last evening and it only needed our 'Virginia ' to make it quite perfect and like old times but I must say that the rest of the crowd were the smokers. I was a 'puffect lady ' but passed them up much to the joy of the rest of the club of course you know the name and the aim of the club. Its high ideals etc. but I must not knock I have just called down Anne Elizabeth and Miss McCue. For they are talking of 'Coney Island" hot dogs etc. I have filled up at a Church Supper so it don 't sound so good as ordinary. Anne has been assigned the pleasure of filling the next page so I must close. Sincerely yours May E. Dabney. " b "There now I'm done gone and done it! I let the bunch read me the jargon they have writ and I haven't got a go/dam idea of my own to write you and Miss McCue is telling a lot of stuff some fortuneteller told her and you know how that disturbs a genius like me. Really dear old Hikes you don't know how we did wish that you were the fifth one last night we thought & spoke of you often and all exclaimed when Mrs. Boeck opened the parcel post pkg. & saw the contents well it just took Virginia to put that up. We had determined to write you then & there a composite letter before breaking up but we were so full of guzzle that we weren 't able to see to write. I told Miss Paul of your proposition and she is leaving W. tonight until the New Year & said Miss Lucy Burns would take it up with you. Miss B. said she would write you at once but I have my doubts she'll forget it. Thanking you again for the nice things and I hope will see you soon. Cordially yours Ann Burnett Dabney". Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were the founders and leaders of the Congressional Union. c "Thursday 8.00 pm around late at headquarters. Dear old Pal- Well we smoked and talked and talked and smoked and then some - beer - welsh rarebit and Base's Ale. Your package arrived all O.K. Miss Ann Dabney brought it over to Mrs. Bockh 's where we all had a good laugh over it! Well we have missed you more than you can imagine. You know you promised to come back. It doesn 't seem natural for you not to be here. At present it is raining and all are making the bluff of working but gossip and game . holds the floor. The shut meetings sort of handling fine. Mrs. Natus is back but doesn 't come around as she is busy. Miss McCue has charge of shut meetings. There is someone else. Miss Gromborur is having hospitality at Mrs. Arnur. We don 't go to Childs' to eat anymore. The bunch has scattered Beat it back From Elizabeth ''. The writer may have been Elizabeth Smith who worked on the Union's periodical The Suffragist. d "Dear Miss Patschke: Received your postals; would be delighted to speak on the Capital Steps & spread the gospel to the world Mrs. Brock will move from Lebanon when we have had one meeting there. I hope you are spreading suffrage doctrine in Lebanon & killing the Anti Brock forces. I have been lobbying the last few days & find our Congressmen are an awful dumb lot. As soon as we get the vote lets run for Congress. Write again soon Anna McCue''. McCue was a working-class girl from Pennsylvania and a prominent member of the Congressional Union. ''Mrs. Brock'' was anti-suffrage activist Mrs. Horace Brock. The letters are in very good condition with deep fold lines and some tears to the upper edges. The original envelope addressed to Patschke in included. unknown books

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Women Suffrage letterABAA

Activist Laura Chant Writes to a Woman about her daughter's leadership in suffrage society

15962CHANT Laura Onniston nee Dibdin 1848-1923 Feminist Social Reformer and Writer Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev.Lloyd Morris Minister of Hutchesontown Congregational Church now the Lloyd Morris Memorial Church Glasgow saying she is "in the midst of conducting a mission in the N.E. of London 8 days" but if be can borrow a 'Who's Who' he "will find a skeleton life of me . Briefly I am Vice-Pres. of Temperance Peace Educational Political Liberal and Suffrage Societies" her youngest daughter "is a leading spirit in the slun1 entertainment's we give in . London eight months in the year" she herself gives classes on "correct breathing . for young people in business at 7 a.m. and 8.30 p.m." she will join the train from Euston "at Willesden Junction on Saturday" arriving at "7.55 p.m." 4 sides 8vo. Albemarle House Twickenham 12th December no year circa 1906 small blue ink mark in blank bouom margin of sides I and 4. Lloyd Morris had a wide range of contacts in the Labour Socialist Temperance and Mission fields including M.P.s and the Bishop of Glasgow whom he invited to his church or to his services at the Palace Theatre. Like General Booth he could tum any occasion to good purpose even officiating at a wedding within the lions' cage at the circus. Very Good. unknown books

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Women Suffrage CampaignsABAA

1915 Women's Political Union of New Jersey letter on "a campaign tour across the state

15969Perry Adele D. Typed Letter Signed. Newark N.J.: September 2nd 1915. Letter. Signed in Full by Adele Perry. 8 1/2 x 11 ''; single sheet; typed on the elaborate cream stationary of the Women's Political Union of New Jersey creased once horizontally and twice vertically two punch holes along the top edge of the paper not affecting the text one very small stain near the Women's Political Union of New Jersey symbol in the upper left hand comer very good. Written on the stationary of the Women's Political Union of New Jersey which lists all the officers and members of the advisory board this letter is addressed to Eleonore Raoul of Atlanta Georgia. In it Adele discusses making arrangements for Eleonore's upcoming trip to the state. Suffrage is clearly the issue at hand in this letter as Adele mentions that ''Mrs. Winkle has been out of town for the last few days on a campaign tour across the state." Later as publicity was central to any campaign for suffrage she tells Eleonore that ''The best daily newspaper in our state is 'The Newark Evening News.''. unknown books

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Women SuffrageABAA

1911 Treatise on Women's Suffrage in France mentions Women's Suffrage in Wyoming and other US States Australia New Zealand and India

17139Madame Robert Mirabaud. "A propos du Suffrage des Femmes." Epinal Imprimerie Nouvelle 15 Rue Des Minimes. 1911. Original paper wraps. 23 pages. 8 x 5 in. Scarce early treatise on women's suffrage in France. Women in France gained the right to vote in 1944 although suffrage activists had been working towards this goal for decades. The document calls on equality for women and lists notable women throughout history including Joan of Arc Catherine the Great Florence Nightingale and George Sand. It also mentions suffrage movements and policies in the United States including: Massachusetts Louisiana Montana Iowa New York Michigan Wyoming Colorado Utah and Idaho. Wyoming was the first US state to enfranchise women in 1890; by the time this pamphlet was printed women could vote in 6 states. It also mentions policies in Australia New Zealand and British India. Circular white sticker in top left corner of front cover not affecting text. Light diagonal scratches on front cover over author's name. In very good condition. Very rare with No copies in any institution or library collection in the US according to OCLC. and just 1 copy recorded internationally. unknown books

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Women SuffrageABAA

Announcing an Important Step in the Suffrage Fight 1915

15983National American Woman Suffrage Association Pierson Alice. The National Grange in Favour of Votes for Women. New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company Inc. 1915. First Edition of the leaflet page size: 6-1/4 x 7 inches single sheet of newsprint folded in half 4pp; self-wrapper; some rumpling and creasing but generally very good. "The following sweeping endorsement was passed at the Convention held in Oakland California November 1915 . " The Grange advocates unqualified backing of suffrage supporting any universal suffrage movement by amendment of the Federal Constitution and charges its Legislative Committee with taking charge of the campaign work. Includes opinions and testimonies from leaders of granges in 10 states. With testimonials from the Grange State Masters in Wyoming Oregon Montana Idaho Maine South Dakota and Nebraska this pamphlet published by the NA WSA was part of the campaign of 1915. The National Grange as well as numerous state granges voted every year to support woman suffrage. The NA WSA gratefully noted in their annual meetings the support of the Grange starting in 1907. The second president of NA WSA Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was herself a member of the Grange. Not in Krichmar. Harper THE HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE Vol. V pp. 206 247 392. unknown books

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Argument for Women's Rights as an Patriotic American Value Suffrage Leaflet "A Whole Humanity" 1890

16235Woman Suffrage Leaflet Vol. III. No. 12. December 1 1890. Published Monthly at 3 Park Street Boston Mass. by the National American Women Suffrage Association. 4 pages 10.5 x 6.5 in. This issue features an essay by Mrs. Zerelda G. Wallace former First Lady of Indiana 1837-1840 who writes about the cooperative spirit of women's suffrage. Good condition. Expected age related toning throughout. Three horizontal fold lines. Marginalia and underlining in ink. Page 4 has darker toning water spot along upper left edge four small holes in upper left corner and small tear at lower left fold line. A rare issue with only 1 copy listed in OCLC Worldcat. Throughout her essay Mrs. Wallace defends women's contributions to the nation and draws upon patriotic rhetoric comparing women's fight for the vote as an extension of America's fight for independence: "The world is looking on at America's experiment of self-government.I believe this is the last great struggle which the race is to make for freedom-the struggle for the rights of woman; that secured the perpetuity of the nation is secure.". unknown books

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Women SuffrageABAA

English Women Suffrage Pamphlet: Conference on Electoral Reform 1917

16757English Women Suffrage Pamphlet. Pamphlet: Conference on Electoral Reform1917. Letter from Mr. Speaker To the Prime Minister Presented to both Houses in Parliament by Command of His Majesty. London: Published By His Majesty's Stationery Office. Only one copy could be confirmed among all Institutional Collectionsworlwide according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books

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I believe in Equal Suffrage because men and women are co-partners in the great business of living

16430Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Michigan. An Expert's Opinion: The Suffrage Question as Viewed by the Competent Michigan Woman. St. Louis: Michigan Woman's Christian Temperance Union Press Bureau 1910. The broadside states the opinion of Caroline Bartlett Crane's also known as "America's housekeeper" on the women's right vote. "I believe in Equal Suffrage because men and women are co-partners in the great business of living." Only 1 other copy in any institutional collection as per OCLC Worldcat. Rare. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union WCTU formally endorsed women's suffrage in 1881. Willard and other leaders recognized that the women's ballot was an essential tool to achieving the organization's goals and proclaimed this to the 1881 National Convention. Very good condition. unknown books

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Women SuffrageABAA

N.Y. Suffragist Note on Votes for Women card 1917: "our Suffrage plans for the summer.

15965WILLCOX Mary Otis Gay. AUTOGRAPH Note Signed; on Votes for Women Card: March 9 1917. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. gold rimmed card to "My dear Miss Conway. I thank you for your I efforts in selling tickets. I was sorry we were so hurried when you came up to the I boxes the other night. Mr. Wilcox I wanted to catch a certain boat & it was like drawing teeth to I get our party started. He had I a Board of Education meeting the next day & that must not be I presided over by a sleepy man. I I wish you would come to our captains meeting tomorrow at 4 & hear about I our Suffrage plans for the summer. we I meet here. Sincerely yours I Mary Otis Wilcox" Mary Otis Gay 1862-1933 daughter of Sydney Howard Gay and Elizabeth Johns Neall who married William Goodenow Willcox. Willcox served as Chairwoman of the Staten Island Woman's Suffrage Party and was a member of the Women Democrats of America and League of Women Voters. Source: Flickr Commons project 2017 According to the History of Woman Suffrage Mary Otis Gay Willcox was Borough Chairman for Staten Island then referred to as Richmond of the City Party led by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1915 when the suffrage amendment appeared on the New York State ballot. As part of that campaign according to a 1915 New York Tribune article she and Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw led a "feminine column" of representatives from New York City through Binghamton to Rochester for the final Suffrage Party convention before the 1915 ballot initiative. The City Party organized mass meetings canvassed homes and businesses enrolling 60000 new members to the Party. Willcox lectured on women's suffrage. Her husband William Goodenoe Willcox was associated with Tuskeegee Institute was President of the NY Board of Education and onetime Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hunter College in New York City. unknown books

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Women SuffrageABAA

Newly Enfranchised Women in California Encourage Others to Fight for Voting Rights

16318Early pamphlet from the "California Federation of Women's Clubs. A Survey of the Results of Woman Suffrage in California". Made by the Committee of Political Science Mrs. Seward A. Simons Chairman. 1916-1917. This large early 4 page pamphlet 12 Â½ x 9 Â½" sheet unfolded. Gives updates on women's participation in civic life after women's suffrage passed in California in 1911. Includes statistics on voter registration jury duty and laws passed with women's support. It ends with an endorsement espousing the benefits of women's increased interest in political life and encouraging their fellow countrywomen to continue the fight for voting rights. Light even toning and minor handling dents. Very good condition. Very rare with only 2 other copies in any institutional collection as per OCLC A rare document of encouragement between women across the nation committed and unified in their shared cause of women's suffrage. unknown books

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Women SuffrageABAA

Woman Suffrage: History Arguments and Results 1913

16510Woman Suffrage: History Arguments and Results. New York: National American Woman Suffrage Association 1913. Maule Bjorkman editor. Original blue cloth boards. 4 x 6.5 in. Known amongst suffragists as the "blue book" this collection of seven essays on suffrage was published together to serve as a resource for suffrage speakers activists and writers. Includes writings by Ida Huster Harper A brief history of the movement for woman suffrage in the United States Jane Addams Why women should vote Carrie Chapman Catt Do you know and Alice Stone Blackwell The sentiment for woman:suffrage among others. Sunning to spine. Very good. unknown books

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