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Feminist Anna Dickinson Refuses to Apologize
ANNA ELIZABETH DICKINSON,
Autograph Letter Signed, to A. Boyd. August 1, 1866. 2 pp.
Item #21678.19, $500
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Lucy Stone Promotes Bazaar to Suffragist Who Later Led Effort for Women’s Suffrage in Hawaii
LUCY STONE,
Autograph Letter Signed, to [Almira Hollander] Pitman, June 27, 1887, Boston, Massachusetts. On Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association letterhead. 1 p., 5½ x 8½ in.
“We hope you will be able to be ‘one with us’ in the bazar.”
Item #26792, $1,400
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Lucy Stone Thanks Suffragist Who Later Led Effort for Women’s Suffrage in Hawaii for Donation
LUCY STONE,
Autograph Letter Signed, to [Almira Hollander] Pitman, July 7, 1893, Boston, Massachusetts. On Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association letterhead. 2 pp., 5½ x 8½ in.
In this personal letter written months before her death, Lucy Stone thanks Almira Pitman for a donation of $5, congratulates her on the birth of another child, reminisces about Pitman’s mother, and speaks of her own child.
Item #26791, $1,800
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Susan B. Anthony Plaster Relief Medallion Copyrighted by Her Sister
SUSAN B. ANTHONY,
Plaster Bas-Relief Medallion by [Sidney H. Morse], June 1897. 7¾ in. round. 3 x 2 in. brass plate on verso with inscription, “Copyright, June 1897, By Mary S Anthony / Endorsed by the Political Equality Club of Rochester, N.Y.”
Item #26052, $3,500
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Carrie Chapman Catt Signed 1899 Receipt to Fellow Suffragette Harriet Taylor Upton
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT,
Autograph Document Signed. Check. New York, N.Y., December 31, 1899. 1 p.
Item #21678.22, $375
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Author, Educator, and Lecturer Kate Sanborn Gathers Ladies for Lunch
KATE SANBORN,
Autograph Letter Signed. [New York, N.Y.?] 4 pp., 4 ½ x 7 in.
Item #21678.27, $450
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Extremely Unwoke Women’s Suffrage Views by a Chicago Italian-American Attorney
[WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE]. CAIROLI GIGLIOTTI,
Book. Woman Suffrage: Its Causes and Possible Consequences. Chicago: Press of Barnard & Miller, 1914. 92 pp.
“it is clear that woman suffrage should be discarded for the following reasons: First. It disrupts the home.... Second. The woman is physically unfit for certain offices.... Third. Politics is the most corrupt game of the age.... Fourth. The right to vote does imply the right to become eligible to nomination or election to public offices.... Fifth. The influence of the woman should be of a persuasive nature, and should be exercised at home.... Sixth. Jealousy would destroy domestic happiness.... Seventh. Women voters are unnecessary.... Eighth. Women could never control men, on account of weaker physical conditions.... Ninth. The needs of the family would be increased while incomes would decrease.... Tenth. When the woman is with child, she is liable to suffer as a result of any emotion or abuse....” (p74-76)
Gigliotti, a naturalized Italian-American attorney in Chicago, declares limited women’s suffrage as a failure in reforming politics and even opposes separate ownership of property by women, because husbands use their wives to hide their assets.
Item #25602, $600
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1915 Women’s Suffrage Poster
[WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE],
“Vote for Woman Suffrage Nov. 2nd.” [New York, 1915]. 1 p., 13¾ x 20 in.
Woman’s Suffrage failed in all three states that held suffrage referenda on November 2, 1915: New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.
Item #25783, $5,750
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Male Anti-Suffragist Ridicules “Taxation without Representation” Argument of Suffragists
[WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE]. FREDERICK DWIGHT,
Pamphlet. “Taxation and Suffrage,” New York: New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, ca. 1915-1917. 4 pp., 6 x 9 in.
New York attorney Frederick Dwight insists in this brief pamphlet that women’s inability to vote bears no parallel to the American colonists’ protest of “taxation without representation.”
Item #24174.06, ON HOLD
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Woman Suffrage Party Urges Male New Yorkers to Pledge in Favor of Women’s Suffrage
[WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE],
Printed Document. Ticket of Support for Women’s Suffrage. New York: New York State Woman Suffrage Party, ca. 1915-1917. 1 p., 4¾ x 3 in.
This “ticket” allowed male voters to express their belief that “the vote should be granted to the Women of New York.”
Item #22444.25, $225
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Pamphlet Quotes President Wilson to Support Woman Suffrage in New York State
[WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE],
Pamphlet. “What President Wilson Says,” New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., ca. June-October 1917. 4 pp., 5 x 7 in.
This pamphlet, issued by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, quoted speeches and letters by President Woodrow Wilson to urge New York men to vote for woman suffrage on November 6, 1917.
Item #22444.26, $350
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Carrie Chapman Catt’s Book, with editor’s letter promoting the “Co-Workers Edition” – to a noted Chicago Suffrage leader, millionaire and vice chair of Republican Party
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT & NETTIE ROGERS SHULER,
Book. Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923. No. 122 of 1,000 “Co-workers edition,” copy belonging to Chicago suffragist, millionaire and vice chairman of the Republican Party, Bertha Baur. 504 pp., 5¾ x 8¼ in.
With: ROSE YOUNG. Typed Letter Signed, March 15, 1923, to Bertha Baur, New York, NY. On colorful illustrated “The Woman Citizen” letterhead. 1 p., 8⅜ x 10¾ in. #25601.01
“The gates to political enfranchisement have swung open. The women are inside.”
Item #25601, $1,150
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Eleanor Roosevelt Thanks Former State Senator for Article to Assist Women in Monitoring Polling Places
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT,
Typed Letter Signed, to John Godfrey Saxe, June 22, 1925. On “New York State Women’s Democratic News, Inc.” stationery. 1 p., 7⅞ x 10⅞ in.,
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