Women's suffrage in Calif. correspondence : photocopies of TLS and ALS, 1852-1899 (bulk1896-1899).

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Women's suffrage in Calif. correspondence : photocopies of TLS and ALS, 1852-1899 (bulk1896-1899).

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Five letters to Lillie D. Blake from suffragists Carrie Chapman Catt, Susan B. Anthony, and Mary Wood Swift, of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the California State Suffrage Association; along with one letter to Swift from Sarah M. Severance, concerning statewide political efforts to obtain women's rights to vote. Discusses organizing efforts, public opinion, planks adopted into platforms of political parties, and the failure of passage of a Calif. suffrage bill in 1899. Also includes one letter (3 leaves), dated June 26, 1852, to Fannie E. Steele in Missouri, from her mother in Sacramento, Calif., describing a trip to the Coast Range Mountains, and living and social conditions in Sacramento.

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Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activ...

Severance, S. M. (Sarah M.), 1835.

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Blake, Lillie Devereux, 1833-1913

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Lillie Devereux Blake (pen name, Tiger Lily; August 12, 1833 – December 30, 1913) was an American woman suffragist, reformer, and writer, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and educated in New Haven, Connecticut. In her early years, Blake wrote several novels and for the press. In 1869, she became actively interested in the woman suffrage movement and devoted herself to pushing the reform, arranging conventions, getting up public meetings, writing articles and occasionally making lecture tours....

Severance, S. M. (Sarah M.), b. 1835.

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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 ...

Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa State alumna (1880), was born on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin to Maria Clinton and Lucius Lane. At the close of the Civil War, the Lanes moved to a farm near Charles City, Iowa where they remained throughout their lives. Carrie entered Iowa State College in 1877 completing her work in three years. She graduated at the top of her class and while in Ames established military drills for women, became the first...

Swift, Mary Wood.

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