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Building A Coalition In California: The 1911 Campaign For Women's Suffrage, Kristina A. Cardinale May 2022

Building A Coalition In California: The 1911 Campaign For Women's Suffrage, Kristina A. Cardinale

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Women in California gained the right to vote in 1911 after a mass-organized campaign across the state. Suffrage, labor, and temperance organizations were driving forces behind the women’s suffrage proposition passing and being amended to the state constitution. The women figureheads and membership of these associations were responsible for organizing politically and reaching across class lines in order to build a coalition for women’s suffrage in the state. This research serves as a compilation and analysis of the female-driven clubs, leadership, and strategies behind the Campaign of 1911.


World War I And Its Lasting Political, Emotional, And Educational Effects On Women, Maggie Neupert May 2021

World War I And Its Lasting Political, Emotional, And Educational Effects On Women, Maggie Neupert

Honors Theses

This thesis navigates the political, emotional, and educational effects of World War I on middle- and upper-class British Women. Through this research, it becomes evident that the war created an opportunity for women to achieve suffrage through their political participation. Similarly, this thesis shows how the war emotionally impacted the wealthier women of Great Britain as they fulfilled different jobs for their emotional benefit as well as the wholistic benefit of society. Lastly, this research demonstrates the lasting educational impacts the war had on the women of the time, particularly as it relates to the university level. The information discussed …


Inventing A Space To Speak: Ethos, Agency And United States’ Woman Suffrage Cookbooks (1886-1916), Danielle Nielsen Apr 2021

Inventing A Space To Speak: Ethos, Agency And United States’ Woman Suffrage Cookbooks (1886-1916), Danielle Nielsen

Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity

During the last forty years of the United States’ fight for woman suffrage, a handful of suffragists wrote cookbooks sponsored by suffrage organisations. These cookbooks created a rhetorical space and ethos within and through the kitchen. Because their activism was grounded in expected feminine actions, this home-bound ethos allowed the primarily white, middle-class suffragists to simultaneously advocate for women’s suffrage in public and maintain their adherence to the Cult of True Womanhood. The arguments put forth in the cookbooks illustrate an ethos that is influenced by both personal agency and the rhetor’s gendered, physical location in the kitchen. From this …


The Radicalism Of Rebecca Felton: Reforming Southern Masculinty And Creating And Destroying History: Butte, Montana’S Model City Program, 1968-1975, John C. Stefanek Jan 2021

The Radicalism Of Rebecca Felton: Reforming Southern Masculinty And Creating And Destroying History: Butte, Montana’S Model City Program, 1968-1975, John C. Stefanek

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This professional paper is made up of two individual papers required for the M.A. degree in history. In my first paper, I discuss the radical suffragist Rebecca Felton. In 1897, Felton spoke to the Georgia Agricultural Society. Felton, a native Georgian who would later become the first female U.S. senator, gained prominence in the U.S. South as a politician, suffragist, and white supremacist. Her speech, “Woman on the Farm,” discussed the economic struggles of southern farmers. Felton’s speech also addressed a variety of controversial issues including agricultural economics on the farm, prison reform, and temperance. From the 1870s until her …


Women’S Suffrage Is “Nothing Less Than Treasonable:” An Analysis Of Rural Women And Their Group Activism In The Women’S Suffrage Movement In The Jackson Purchase Area, 1838-1940, Ashleigh Deno Nov 2020

Women’S Suffrage Is “Nothing Less Than Treasonable:” An Analysis Of Rural Women And Their Group Activism In The Women’S Suffrage Movement In The Jackson Purchase Area, 1838-1940, Ashleigh Deno

Honors College Theses

The 1910s was a decade characterized by technological advancement, World War I, and a global movement for women’s suffrage, which would eventually culminate with legislation, most notably the 19th Amendment in the United States. In the United States, women staged protests throughout the country and were known to stand outside of the White House with taunting signs for President Woodrow Wilson to read. This movement came to the United States from other parts of the globe, particularly Britain, and suffragists from other countries were known to travel to the States to give presentations and provide guidance to suffragists on this …


Ex Libris, Fall 2020, West Virginia University Libraries Oct 2020

Ex Libris, Fall 2020, West Virginia University Libraries

Ex Libris: The WVU Libraries Magazine

KEEPING EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD The Libraries helped the University community continue their academic journey and research pursuits during the pandemic.; ACHIEVING SUFFRAGE One hundred years ago, West Virginia legislators met at the State Capitol in Charleston to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which extended voting rights to women; WVRHC RECEIVES FIFTH NEH GRANT TO DIGITIZE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS So far, the WVRHC has digitized more than 400,000 pages from more than 60 historical West Virginia newspapers.


Law Library Blog (September 2020): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law Sep 2020

Law Library Blog (September 2020): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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Franco-American Women's Suffrage Movement And Legislators, Rhea Côté Robbins Apr 2020

Franco-American Women's Suffrage Movement And Legislators, Rhea Côté Robbins

Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain Occasional Papers and Lectures

Beginning with info on the Canadian suffrage over the years...property-owning women having the vote, losing it, comparison/contrast in regard to what Camille Lessard Bissonnette was doing, she was an early adopter, 1910-1911...compared to the QC/Canadian women's movement which began in 1912...the usual barriers against suffrage and how Camille was not on the radar for the Maine women's suffrage at the time, early 1900s...why I wanted her in the exhibit at the Maine State Muse, this time around ...and then examining the women of Maine who have served in the Maine State Legislature, 33 found, thus far, serving since 1935!...and some …


20th Century Club Memento Jan 2020

20th Century Club Memento

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

Three small cardboard squares, 2” x 2”, tied together with yellow ribbon. Ink inscription: “Compliments of the 20th Century Club.” The first square contains an image of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The second square contains an image of Susan B. Anthony. The third square contains quotations from Stanton and Anthony.


National Woman Suffrage Association Ribbon Jan 2020

National Woman Suffrage Association Ribbon

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

Ribbon, white silk with image of a woman (Columbia?) and lettering in black ink: “NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.” 6.75” X 2.125”.


Why Homemakers Need The Ballot, Helen Train Tannehill Jan 2020

Why Homemakers Need The Ballot, Helen Train Tannehill

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

The text of a talk by Helen Train Tannehill discussing why homemakers need the right to vote.


Upton Study Club, Alma Kephart Wilson Jan 2020

Upton Study Club, Alma Kephart Wilson

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

A report in the Club Woman’s Magazine summarizing recent meetings of the Upton Study Club. Martha McClellan Brown served as president of the club at the time; the article was submitted by Alma Kephart Wilson, corresponding secretary.


Justitia Progressus Sum, Martha Mcclellan Brown Jan 2020

Justitia Progressus Sum, Martha Mcclellan Brown

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

Celebrates the addition of Arizona, Michigan, Oregon and Kansas to the list of states that have granted women the right to vote. From the Club Woman’s Magazine.


Literature For Sale By The Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Jan 2020

Literature For Sale By The Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

A list of books, pamphlets, flyers and posters for sale by the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, Warren, Ohio.


Thirtieth Ward. Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Jan 2020

Thirtieth Ward. Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

A list of the ward chairman and precinct leaders for the 30th ward (Cincinnati) of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association.


Women Vote Jan 2020

Women Vote

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

A suffrage flyer outlining countries and states where women have the right to vote


Is Woman’S Executive Power Growing?, Martha Mcclellan Brown Jan 2020

Is Woman’S Executive Power Growing?, Martha Mcclellan Brown

Martha McClellan Brown Speeches

Text of a talk arguing that as opportunities for women grow and women assume expanded roles in all walks of life, including business and politics, they must be granted the right to vote.


The Meaning Of The Ballot – An Aftermath, Martha Mcclellan Brown Jan 2020

The Meaning Of The Ballot – An Aftermath, Martha Mcclellan Brown

Martha McClellan Brown Speeches

The text of an article written for the Guernsey Times. Martha McClellan Brown argues that the power to vote is necessary for the advancement of mankind and the common good. She further argues that until women achieve the right to vote the power of the vote can not be fully realized.


Women’S Rights, Martha Mcclellan Brown Jan 2020

Women’S Rights, Martha Mcclellan Brown

Martha McClellan Brown Speeches

Martha McClellan Brown gives historical context to the women’s movement, citing examples from Roman Law, canon law, and English common law, before discussing the current state of the women’s rights movement in the United States. After outlining common arguments against granting women the right to vote, she counters them and moves on to argue for equal rights for women in all areas.


Constitution And By-Laws Of The Twentieth Century Club, Twentieth Century Club Jan 2020

Constitution And By-Laws Of The Twentieth Century Club, Twentieth Century Club

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

The Constitution and By-Laws of the Twentieth Century Club of Cincinnati, Ohio.


An Incident With Its Sequel (2), William Kennedy Brown Jan 2020

An Incident With Its Sequel (2), William Kennedy Brown

William Kennedy Brown Papers

William Kennedy Brown describes an 1869 meeting with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton wanted to convince Martha McClellan Brown, who was in New York at the time, to join her in advocating for women’s suffrage. William Kennedy Brown argued that by aligning herself with Cady Stanton she would damage her reputation among evangelical women. He felt that his wife would more effectively advance the cause of suffrage by continuing her efforts to organize the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.


Powers Of Frances Willard, William Kennedy Brown Jan 2020

Powers Of Frances Willard, William Kennedy Brown

William Kennedy Brown Papers

William Kennedy Brown discusses a review of the work of Frances Willard, an educator and member of the temperance and women’s suffrage movements, that appeared in the Philadelphia Press. Brown compares the leadership styles of three women in the suffrage movement to those of three contemporary men, saying that the followers of Willard and General George McClellan were inspired by loyalty, the followers of Mary Livermore and Ulysses Grant by an intellectual decision, and the followers of Susan B. Anthony and Abraham Lincoln by the heroic nature of their lives.


The Temperance Movement And Women’S Suffrage, William Kennedy Brown Jan 2020

The Temperance Movement And Women’S Suffrage, William Kennedy Brown

William Kennedy Brown Papers

William Kennedy Brown describes Martha McClellan Brown’s initial attempts to organize the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the subsequent founding and growth of that organization. He argues that the history of women’s suffrage is defined more by the Christian women of the temperance movement and their demand for the vote than by the work of religious skeptics such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton.


Some May, Some May Not Jul 2019

Some May, Some May Not

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

A flyer that outlines what citizens of the United States are permitted to vote at the time.


Note From Harriet Taylor Upton, Harriet Taylor Upton Jun 2019

Note From Harriet Taylor Upton, Harriet Taylor Upton

Martha McClellan Brown Correspondence

A short, typed note from Harriet Taylor Upton discussing a successful campaign in California for women's suffrage and asking for suffragists to call attention to the impending victory of the campaign.


Letter, Harriet Taylor Upton To Martha Mcclelland Brown [Martha Mcclellan Brown], Harriet Taylor Upton Jun 2019

Letter, Harriet Taylor Upton To Martha Mcclelland Brown [Martha Mcclellan Brown], Harriet Taylor Upton

Martha McClellan Brown Correspondence

A letter from Harriet Taylor Upton of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association to Martha McClellan Brown asking Brown to speak at a Farmers' Institute in Okeana, Ohio.


Letter, Harriet Taylor Upton To Ohio Women, Harriet Taylor Upton Jun 2019

Letter, Harriet Taylor Upton To Ohio Women, Harriet Taylor Upton

Martha McClellan Brown Correspondence

An open letter to Ohio Women from Harriet Taylor Upton of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association informing them of the upcoming Ohio Constitutional Convention and calling on them to contact Upton to help change the constitution.


The Federal Suffrage Amendment, Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage Jun 2019

The Federal Suffrage Amendment, Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage

Martha McClellan Brown Correspondence

A two page letter outlining the text of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, steps necessary for it's passage, reasons for suffragists to focus on passing amendments at the federal level, and more.


Women Demand That No Labor Legislation Be Enacted Which Would Violate Your Constitutional Right To Contract For Your Labor On The Same Terms As Men Feb 2019

Women Demand That No Labor Legislation Be Enacted Which Would Violate Your Constitutional Right To Contract For Your Labor On The Same Terms As Men

Ruth Herr Papers (MS-91)

A flyer arguing for women to have the right to work and the same minimum wages as men.


Why The Equal Rights Amendment? Feb 2019

Why The Equal Rights Amendment?

Ruth Herr Papers (MS-91)

A booklet detailing "sixty points of inequality" against women in the United States. The author argues in favor of a federal amendment to the United States Constitution calling for equal rights for men and women.