Woman Suffrage Party of Cambridge

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The Woman Suffrage Party as a whole covered 26 wards of Boston, the town of Brookline, and the cities of Cambridge, Newton, and Somerville. Organized for the sole purpose of obtaining votes for women, the otherwise non-partisan Woman Suffrage Party attempted to reach voters and women at the ward and precinct levels by holding rallies on street corners, and perhaps through door-to-door canvassing. There were no membership dues; the WSP of Cambridge raised money through rummage and chocolate sales. WSP cooperated with such organizations as the Cambridge Political Equality Association, the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, and the College Equal Suffrage League. For additional background information, see Sharon Hartman Strom, "Leadership and Tactics in the American Woman Suffrage Movement: A New Perspective from Massachusetts," Journal of American History 62 (September 1975): 296-315.

From the guide to the Woman's Rights Collection (WRC), (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)

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