Papers, 1880-1911 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1880-1911 (inclusive).

Correspondence, speeches, articles, and clippings reflect Coggeshall's suffrage activities and contain material on such suffrage conventions as the Iowa Equal Suffrage Conventions (1902-1906) and the National Woman Suffrage Conventions (1904-1909)

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