[Feminism][Literature][Women's History][Philosophy] Fuller Ossoli, Margaret et al. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, 1852, constitutes a central textual artifact in nineteenth-century feminist and transcendentalist history, assembling Fuller’s autobiographical writings with editorial commentary by Emerson, Clarke, and Channing. Issued shortly after her death, the biography shaped public understanding of Fuller as reformer.....

Stone, Lucy. Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs. Pitman, dated January 6, 1885, documents active organizational labor within the American woman suffrage movement during the final decade before national consolidation. Written from Dorchester at a moment when suffrage leadership was negotiating strategy and institutional direction, the letter records Stone’s engagement with.....

Lockwood, Belva A. Autograph Letter Signed, April 30, 1903, documents the continued public presence of the first woman to appear on a United States presidential ballot and a central figure in nineteenth-century woman suffrage and legal reform. Written from Washington, D.C. to Mark Bennitt, publicity director of the 1904 St.....

Anthony, Susan B., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslyn Gage. History of Woman Suffrage Volume I, published 1881, presents one of the earliest comprehensive documentary histories of the American women’s suffrage movement written by its principal leaders. The work was compiled by three central organizers of nineteenth century women’s rights.....

Gibson, J. The Emancipation of Women, 1894, political and social reform text advocating the expansion of women’s rights in late nineteenth century Britain during the period when organized campaigns for women’s suffrage and legal equality intensified. The book addresses the historical subordination of women under British law and argues that.....

Garrison, William Lloyd. “The Nature of a Republic Form of Government,” 1900 printing of an essay by the abolitionist reformer whose activism against slavery also extended to early advocacy for women’s rights and political equality. William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator and one of the most influential voices of.....

Bradt, Susan S. Autograph manuscript signed and dated 1853, documents early expressions of women’s intellectual and moral authority in the decade preceding the organized suffrage movement in the United States. Produced within the cultural practice of manuscript exchange in friendship albums, the text preserves a handwritten version of Frank Walter’s.....

National American Woman Suffrage Association. Arguments and Results, 1910, assembles core writings by leading figures in the American women’s suffrage movement to articulate the intellectual, political, and moral case for enfranchisement during the Progressive Era. Produced by National American Woman Suffrage Association, the volume gathers essays by Jane Addams, Carrie.....

Mackmurdo, A. H. Pressing Questions Profit-Sharing Women’s Suffrage Electoral Reform, 1913, examines key political and social debates in Edwardian Britain, with particular attention to the expanding movement for women’s enfranchisement prior to legislative reform. Written during the final phase of organized suffrage activism before partial voting rights were granted through.....

Highly respected American journalist who consistently argued for the reform of women's roles and rights, also known as Sara Jane Lippincott. 1 page Autograph Letter Signed and dated March 5. Greenwood writes to another woman regarding her wish to feel "easier about American politics" and regarding her conviction that "art.....

Richards, Laura E. and Howe Elliott, Maude. Julia Ward Howe: 1819–1910, 1915, compiles the life and writings of Julia Ward Howe and establishes an early twentieth-century documentary account of her role in abolition, Civil War cultural production, and the women’s suffrage movement. Produced by Howe’s daughters, the work gathers unpublished.....

Richards, Laura E.; Howe Elliott, Maude (eds.). Julia Ward Howe: 1819–1910, 1915, compiles the life and writings of Julia Ward Howe, a central figure in nineteenth-century reform movements including abolition and women’s suffrage. Best known for authoring “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” Howe’s career extended into sustained advocacy for.....

“Women in the Home,” circa 1910, issued by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, articulates a central argument of the American women’s suffrage movement by asserting that domestic responsibility necessitated political participation. Produced in the years leading to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the broadside directly challenges the prevailing.....