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Abraham Lincoln
"I go for all the sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women." - Abraham Lincoln
George William Curtis: 1897
"Men are not wise enough, nor generous enough, nor pure enough to legislate fairly for women." - George William Curtis
Lucretia Mott: 1897
"Let woman then go on, not asking favours, but claiming as right, the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being." - Lucretia Mott
Men, who love the Freedom which your Fathers won for You
"Men, who love the Freedom which your Fathers won for You, Pay your Debt by Winning Freedom for your Daughters."
Wendell Phillips: 1897
"The moment you give woman power (the ballot) that moment men will see to it that she has the way cleared for her." - Wendell Phillips
Sojourner Truth
[Image: Sojourner Truth is sitting facing the camera. She is wearing a dark dress, white collar, white cap and white shawl. She has knitting in her hands. There are flowers and a book on the table to her left. Her left elbow is resting on the…
VOTES FOR WOMEN: WOMAN SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS
VOTES
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE
HEADQUARTERS: W.S.H.
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HEADQUARTERS
505 FIFTH AVE.
NEW YORK
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WOMEN
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
HEADQUARTERS: W.S.H.
WOMAN
SUFFRAGE
HEADQUARTERS
505 FIFTH AVE.
NEW YORK
New York State Legislature petition
[Image: Text reads: "Dear Sir: Will you not use your influence in behalf of the Concurrent Resolution to strike the word "Male" from the the Suffrage clause of the State Constitution now before the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and Assembly?…
Mrs. Pankhurst Hon. Sec.
[Image: Photographic Portrait of Mrs. Pankhurst Hon. Sec. The text below the image reads: "Women's Social and Political Union & Clement's Inn Hon. Sec."]; 9x14; print.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Suffrage Quote Card
[Image: A quotation by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The text reads: "It is a very cheap with that finds it so droll that a woman should vote. If the wants, the passions, the vices, are allowed a full vote, through the hands of a half-brutal, intemperate…