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Swarthmore College Yearbook

Swarthmore yearbook covering the year white women on campus gained the right to vote. Interesting writeup from the Poli Sci department about the resulting increase of women enrolling in their courses and major track.…

Vassar graduates Julia Lathrop and Katherine B. Davis, were to speak with others on Women’s suffrage at the Masonic Temple.

Student perspective on College President’s participation in the Suffrage movement. Nathalie Gookin was a member of the class of 1920, and wrote extensively about her time on campus. In this letter, she discusses day-to-day life on campus, the…

Matthew Vassar, founder of Vassar College, writes to Miss Powell. Acknowledging a note of appreciation for a lecture on Woman Suffrage and makes several comments on the lecture.

Fundraising form letter by the Chairman of the Organization Committee, appealing for financial subscriptions to the Association.

Reflection on the interest of the college population in the Bryn Mawr Suffrage Chapter, means of developing greater interest, and the degree of interest in the issues of “keen suffragists” among current participants in the Equal Suffrage League.…

Detailed daily entries from February of Ordway’s junior year to January of her senior year at Vassar College. Mentions her opinions on suffrage multiple times throughout the entries, in full support “that women should have equal suffrage with men.”

Brief description of the purpose of the women’s suffrage movement in Anthony’s words.

Item from the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library at Vassar College. This document goes into detail about Stanton’s personality and character based on the shape of her skull.

Although President Henry Noble MacCracken asserted he was a suffragist, he discouraged the gathering that was about to happen that intended to promote suffrage.