Association records,[microform]. 1894-1923.

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Association records,[microform]. 1894-1923.

1894-1923

Correspondence, minutes and other record books, subjectfiles, printed materials, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and miscellany of thisorganization formed to promote equal voting rights for women. Most post-date1900.

18 microfilm reels, 6 boxes, and 1 oversize folder.

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Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association

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Minnesota League of Women Voters

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New York State Woman Suffrage Party

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Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

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League to Enforce Peace (U.S.)

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Christianson, Theodore, 1883-1948

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Farmer, Eugenia Berniaud, 1835-1924.

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Hurd, Ethel Edgerton, 1845-1929.

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Michigan Equal Suffrage Association.

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League of Nations

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Stevens, Rene E. H.

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Woman's Franchise League of Indiana

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South Dakota Universal Franchise League.

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

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Formed in 1890 by the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. From the description of National American Woman Suffrage Association records, 1839-1961 bulk (1890-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979907 The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was formed in 1890 with the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA fought for complete political ...

Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919

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National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)

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Founded in 1904 under the leadership of Edgar G. Murphy, Felix Adler, Samuel McCune Lindsay, Owen Lovejoy, and A.J. McKelway. Its aims were legislation, investigation, and publicity to promote the interests of children. From the description of Records, 1914-1943. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122421727 The National Child Labor Committee was formed after a conference held in New York between Edgar Gardner Murphy's Alabama Child Labor Commi...

Pillsbury, Charles Stinson, 1878-1939

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Stockwell, Maud Conkey, ca. 1860-1958.

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Jones, Effie McCollum.

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Minnesota Democratic Association (St. Paul, Minn.).

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Minnesota Commission of Public Safety

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The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety was established by the legislature in April of 1917 (Laws 1917 c261), shortly after the United States entered World War I. The seven-member commission (governor, attorney general, and five persons appointed by the governor) was given broad powers to ensure the protection of persons and property, the defense of the state and the nation, and the application of the state's resources to "successful prosecution" of the war. During its...

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Minnesota Prohibition State Committee.

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Van Sant, Marian.

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Ramsey County Suffrage Association.

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Political Equality Club of Minneapolis.

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The organization began around 1868 as the Woman Suffrage Club of Minneapolis and became the Political Equality Club of Minneapolis in 1897. A fire that year destroyed the club's records, so little is known of its early history. Monthly meetings, September through June, were held first in members' homes and later in established headquarters, including the offices of doctors Cora Smith Eaton and Margaret Koch, and of Ethel Edgerton Hurd and Anna Hurd. In 1897-1898 the club...

Socialist Party (U.S.)

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Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937

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Lawyer and politician Frank Billings Kellogg was born in New York, and raised in Minnesota. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began a long career in public service as city attorney of Rochester, Minnesota. He served as president of the American Bar Association, and as United States Senator from Minnesota and Ambassador to Great Britain. While serving as Calvin Coolidge's Secretary of State, he co-authored the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, outlawing war an...

Young Men's Christian Association (St. Paul, Minn.).

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Washburn, William D. (William Drew), 1831-1912

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Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference.

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Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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League of Women Voters of Minnesota

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The League of Women Voters of Minnesota (LWVM) was organized in October 1919 in meetings called by the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association. Clara Ueland served as its first president, and after a few months she was succeeded by Marguerite Wells. The Minnesota League worked closely with the National League of Women Voters (LWV), which was organized at the same time, and with local Minnesota Leagues functioning in the congressional districts. The records reflect the inter...

Women's Co-operative Alliance (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

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American Committee of Minneapolis

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Republican Women's National Executive Committee.

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Saint Paul Political Equality Club.

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