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Governor Hughes' Vetoes

GOVERNOR HUGHES' VETOES
The Real Hughes and Woman's Rights

"ALBANY, NEW YORK, May 29, 1907.
"I return herewith without my approval Senate Bill No. 1212.
"The motive of the present bill is to compel equal pay for men and women holding the same…

Tags: Albany, American, Charles E. Hughes, CLASS, Education, Equal pay, HISTORICAL FIGURES, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, Labor, Man, New York State, PRO-SUFFRAGE, States of the Union, STATESMEN/STATESWOMEN, Woman, Women's rights, Working class, Working man, Working woman

And this is what the vote has done for us women!

And this is what
the vote has done for us women!

[Image: This card features a full color illustration of a young girl and boy. The boy is seated, with his legs crossed, smiling. The girl is carrying two buckets, walking toward him.

The card is…

Tags: Adultized child, AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, Boy, bucket, Children, CLASS, Girl, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Labor, Working child, Working class

OTES FOR WORKERS

OTES FOR WORKERS [sic]

Tags: AGE, British, CLASS, HOUSEHOLD, Labor, Older woman, PRIVATE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Sewing, Sheets, Window, Woman, Working class, Working woman

Votes for Women

[Image: The postcard is divided into six squares, each with an illustration of a woman in it. In the top left square is a woman scrubbing a floor. Text above reads, “It doesnt ‘unsex’ her —“ and text below reads, “to do this.” In the top right square…

Tags: American, Ballot, Ballot Box, CLASS, Factory, Florey, gender, Gender Roles, Labor, Middle class, Middle-class woman, Nurse, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Votes for Women, Voting, Working class, Working woman

De Suffre-Jet

DE SUFFRE-JET

MISTER
JONSING
WASHING DUN

[Image: A black man with caricatured features washes clothes in a tub. A black woman with caricatured features stands in front of him putting on gloves.]