Home • 360° • About • Contact • Links • Feedback • FAQ • Search

Prolog - Starting Again  Page 1, 2, 3, 4

 
Common GoalsDifferent Tactics1916 ElectionElection ResultsStarting Again
 

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

 © 2009 - HerStory Scrapbook