Women's Suffrage Broadsides

c. 1915
Accession Number: A93-4

Scope and Content

The fight for women's suffrage began in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 where 100 men and women convened to discuss the status of women in the United States. At this convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton proposed that the only insurance for women to have equality with men in was to be enfranchised. This fight for the right to vote lasted over seventy years.

Differences in opinion of many women over the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments caused the formation of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association; the federal government voted to allow Black men to vote, but not White women. The National Association worked for a constitutional amendment to allow women the right to vote, while the American Association worked on obtaining the franchise state by state. Eventually the two national organizations combined names and leadership to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony as its first president.

State chapters of both organizations started throughout the United States along with chapters of independent suffrage groups. They all worked to persuade men to vote for women's suffrage and to encourage women to fight for the right to vote.

The collection contains several broadsides from the New York and Washington, D.C. area suffrage organizations. They were bought from several out-of-date book dealers.

Series List

1917

N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Party

 

During World War I there was a shortage of food because of a variety of problems. The New York Suffrage movement encouraged people to plant gardens in their backyard to do their part. This pamphlet describes to readers how to properly grow a garden. (Garden Primer: How to Plant and Care for a Vegetable Garden)

1917

N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Party

 

Letters and telegraphs sent to Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, from President Woodrow Wilson. (What President Wilson Says)

1916

Methodist Episcopal Church

 

A broadside which explains why the Methodist Episcopal Church is for "Woman Suffrage." (Methodists Favor Equal Suffrage)

1915

N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Party

 

A brochure which states how babies would be healthier if women had the right to vote. (Better Babies)

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N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Party

 

A brochure which explains how using a sewing machine allows women the time to learn about voting and to fight for the right to vote. (Do You Use a Sewing Machine?)

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National Woman Suffrage

 

Pamphlet which states 12 reasons why women should vote. (Twelve Reasons Why Women Should Vote)

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National Woman Suffrage

 

Sheet of paper telling men how to vote for "Woman Suffrage." (Don't Forget to Vote for Woman Suffrage First)

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N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Party

 

Card which was used by the county military census (Recording Clerk's Card Military Census, State of New York)

1881

Woman Suffrage Association

 

Speech given by William Lloyd Garrison, Jr. for universal suffrage. (A Plea for Universal Suffrage)

1916

Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

 

Pamphlet encouraging women to join the Woman's Party (Suffrage in the Next Election)

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