Women's suffrage collection

Collection

Identifier: D.415

Staff Only

Biographical / Historical note

This collection represents materials collected by the League of Women Voters of Rochester, New York. The League formed immediately following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. Led by women's rights organizer Alice Paul, the organization's members campaigned for an Equal Rights Amendment, which in their minds would have made women equal to men in the eyes of the law.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three series: New York State Campaigns, Conference Programs, and Published Materials. The first series includes by-laws for both the Woman Suffrage Party of Monroe County as well as the Women's City Club of Rochester, New York. Conference Programs includes national and international conference calls and programs from the first decades of the twentieth century. The third series, Published Materials include pamphlets encouraging women and men to campaign for woman's suffrage during the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. There are a number of articles published by the National American Woman's Suffrage Association and similar organizations sharing with readers the state of the campaign. There are also a number of printed ephemera documents in support and in opposition to woman's suffrage, as well as celebrations of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.

Creator

League of Women Voters of the Rochester Metropolitan Area (Organization)

Dates

Creation: circa 1890-1940

Language of Materials

English

Extent

.50 cubic feet (4 containers)

Access

The Women's Suffrage Collection is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books, Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.

Use

In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift donated by the League of Women Voters, January 4, 1977.

Preferred Citation

[Item title, item date], Women's Suffrage Collection, D.415, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester