Emily Hodgson. Women’s education and suffrage activist. Autograph Letter Signed by Hodgson on December 31, 1863. 14-page letter on from the seminary days of author Emily Hodgson, profiled by close friends and suffragists Frances Willard and Mary Livermore in A Woman of the Century (1893). 8 x 5 inches. 14.....
Addams, Jane. Autograph letter signed on letterhead of her summer home Baymeath in Bar Harbor, Maine. Sept 22 [n.y]. Founder of the social work profession Jane Addams writes to a friend to tell her that she will not be able to come to a speaking engagement in Albany, as she.....
Jane Addams. “The Modern City and the Municipal Franchise for Women.” Warren, Ohio: National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1906. Speech given by noted social reformer Jane Addams on women’s suffrage and its importance in shaping the modern, industrialized city. 15 pages. Gray wrappers. Slight discoloration to top left corner of.....
Anna Dickinson. May 22, 1869. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1 page letter with CVD. American abolitionist and suffragette writes to accept an invitation to speak. Letter and envelope in her own hand, signed "Anna E. Dickinson". Dickinson accepts the invitation to speak in New-Bedofrd, Massachusetts, at the height of her enormously successful.....
First Edition of History of Woman's Suffrage Volumes I and II. An important early history of women's suffrage written by notable participants Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslyn Gage. New York: Fowler & Wells, 1881 & 1882. First Edition, First Printing. Two volumes. Complete as published, but.....
Susan B. Anthony. American Woman's Suffrage Movement Leader. Autograph Letter signed by both Susan B. Anthony, and her sister, fellow suffragist Mary Stafford Anthony. Letterhead of the Leavenworth Times, in Leavenworth, Kansas, with the names of her brother and nephew (both D.R. Anthony") who were the owners of the newspaper.....
Susan B. Anthony. The foremost women's rights activist of the United States. Autograph quotation signed “Susan B. Anthony.” Anthony writes “Live the truth Sweet & beautiful” in one of the most challenging and dangerous years of her life. Matted on pink board underneath her iconic portrait. September 4th 1862. Rochester.....
Anthony, Susan B. American suffragette and women’s rights advocate. Typed letter signed “Susan B. Anthony” on National American Woman Suffrage Association letterhead. May 28, 1903. Single page, 6” x 8.5” in. The year of this letter, Anthony was handling the publication and promotion of the History of Woman Suffrage. This.....
ANTHONY, Susan B. Autograph Letter Signed. 1 page, dated August 1902. On National American Woman Suffrage Association Letterhead. Anthony writes in her hand with visible excitement about “what the Philadelphians are doing” to promote women’s suffrage. In addition to bringing in “600 members to her club,” they have also established.....
Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper. Promotional pamphlet announcing "The History of Woman Suffrage: Volume IV Now Ready." 1902. In self wrappers, 4 pages. No other copies of this pamphlet found in any institutional collection as per OCLC Worldcat. Rare. Pamphlet promotes the fourth volume in the History of.....
BEARD, Mary Ritter. "Woman as a Force in History," New York: Macmillan, 1946. First Edition Signed and Inscribed by the author in 1946: "To Chester..In appreciation for his goodwill and intelligence, Mary Ritter Beard. March 19, 1946." In original blue publisher's binding, in very good condition. Spine and binding are.....
Special handbill with donation slip for Manchester National Society for Women’s Suffrage (MNSWS), dated January 1886. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 2 page. The MNSWS was the first women’s suffrage organization in England, founded in 1867 by Lydia Becker. Fair condition with yellowed page, tidal line and loss to upper left.....
Henry Blackwell (1825 -1909). Autograph Signed Letter. 8 x 5 in. 2 pages. Blackwell was a founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association and the husband of fellow reformer Lucy Stone, with whom he helped publish the Woman's Journal. Written and signed by Henry Blackwell in 1868 regarding the translation.....
BRADT, Susan S. 3 page Autograph Manuscript Signed and dated 1853, disbound from a friendship album. The first page is comprised of a handwritten version of Frank Walter's poem "Woman's Power." In her hand in part Bradt writes, "If woman's weak then what is strong? / For all things bow.....
[Woman Suffrage] Bryan, William Jennings. 1 page Autograph Letter Signed in January 1897 from Dallas, Texas. Famed populist orator and politician Bryan writes to Miss Margaret Simpson, a constituent in Galveston. In response to her letter, he writes in his hand: "I very much appreciate the interest manifested by the.....
CATT, Carrie Chapman. Woman Suffrage by Federal Constitutional Amendment. New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., Inc., 1917. 100 pages. Very rare first edition. Dark blue boards with bright gilt lettering to covers. No copies on OCLC institutional holdings. Suffrage leader who campaigned for the 19th Amendment to the United.....
Leader in women's rights and the founder of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, which continues to work on behalf or women's and girls' human rights today. Autograph Quotation signed in full by Catt: "Women vote on equal terms / with men in 26 countries / of the world. / Carrie.....
Mrs. Raymond [Gertrude Foster] Brown. Your Vote and How to Use It. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918. First edition. Book on women’s new role in the democratic process and outline of governmental roles, with forward from noted suffrage activist Carrie Chapman Catt. Very rare with no.....
American reformer; best known for her work on behalf of woman suffrage. Autograph Quotation Signed. 1 page. March 16, 1945. N.p. Catt writes in her hand a moving quote, "Despite crime, war and bloodshed, the human race is marching toward a better world." She signs in full “Carrie Chapman Catt”. Already.....
Carrie Chapman Catt. Leader in women's rights, protégé of Susan B. Anthony, and founder of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance (IWSA), which continues today to advocate on behalf of women's and girls' rights worldwide. 1 page Autograph Letter Signed on International Woman Suffrage Alliance letterhead circa 1906. Catt founded the.....
[Woman Suffrage] President Grover Cleveland. 3 page Autograph Letter Signed and dated 26 June 1905, informing the editors of the Ladies Home Journal of his intent to send an article he has written opposing women's suffrage. Writing from Princeton, NJ former President Cleveland informs the editors that he does not.....
DEBS, Eugene V. Woman. [Terre Haute]: No publisher, N.d. (ca 1910?). Broadside, 27cm x 13cm (ca 10-1/2" x 5-1/2"), printed recto-only in a single column of type on white paperstock. Three horizontal folds; repaired tear lower right, extending roughtly 3/4 of the way through document but without loss to text;.....
DICKINSON, Anna. Autograph Quotation Signed, 1873. 1 page. Quotation In her hand in purple ink, Dickinson pens striking quotation about the importance of equality and freedom: "Above all things, Liberty." Writing is faded but still legible, and it does not diminish the power of Dickinson's sentiment. Accompanied by a vintage.....
VILLIERS, Brougham, ed. With contributions by Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst, Rosalind Nash, Eva Gore-Booth, et. al. “"The Case for Woman Suffrage", London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1917. Second edition; "The Case for Woman Suffrage". With contributions from the foremost figures of early feminism in Britain, including famed radical leaders Emmeline and.....