President Wilson in the Western states, where women could vote, when she collapsed. She was only thirty years old. read clipping The New York Times, November 28, 1916 – When The Times reports that New Yorkers pay nearly one-fourth of the total income tax revenues in the US, the suffragists point out that, if women pay income taxes, they should have a say in the government. read clipping The New York Times, December 2, 1916 – In a dramatic move to publicize suffrage, NAWSA plans to drop suffrage leaflets from a plane onto President Wilson’s yacht when he comes to New York City for the illumination of the Statue of Liberty. read clipping The New York Times, December 3, 1916 – The anti-suffrage forces count seven defeats and no wins for suffrage in the past year. Suffrage was defeated in New Jersey in October 1915; in New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts in November 1915; in Iowa in June 1916; and in South Dakota and West Virginia in November 1916. read clipping The New York Times, December 6, 1916 – The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, affiliated with the Woman’s Party, creates a stir by dramatically unfurling a suffrage banner from the gallery of Congress as President Wilson makes his annual address to the House of Representatives. read clipping |