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Proclamation of XIX Amendment, August 26, 1920.

A written up “history” of the graduating class included in this yearbook mentions the “bravery” of the male students for discussing everything “from Home Rule to Woman Suffrage.”

In a “Collection” section, the yearbook staff included a series of quick jokes and phrases. The one concerning suffrage:
“Us women,” shouted the suffrage leader, “can do anything that a man can.” “Yeah,” sneered the cynic, “let’s see you grow a…

Comprehensive look at important moments in the Suffrage movement, from Carrie Chapman Catt’s perspective via her scrapbooking.

A speech on women’s suffrage, on Worthington’s “unique perspective on the capabilities, duties, and possibilities of women,” as was the focus of Bryn Mawr College’s Equal Suffrage League.

The Swarthmore College Bulletin is the official alumni magazine of the college. It evolved from the Garnet Letter, a newsletter published by the Alumni Association beginning in 1935. After World War II, college staff assumed responsibility for the…

A digital archive of the Swarthmore College Annual Catalogue.

Speeches of various College presidents or administrators remark on the enfranchisement of white women voters, the impact this has on Swarthmore College moving forward. Features a speech…

Article entitled “Women’s Rights” in the Comedy section. A list of ways in which women were privileged over men in US society, for example, “if a woman’s husband dies, “she gets the estate; if she dies, he gets stuck with the funeral bill and her…

Only one mention of suffrage in a column about new equipment in brewery laboratories. “Mr. Root, like his brewery clients, has been a strong opponent of woman suffrage.”

Only one mention of suffrage, in the “Exchange” Column, under the Mississippi section, discussing Millsaps College’s vote on Women’s suffrage. The women are referred to as “co-eds” and 21 women voted against suffrage vs. 12 for adopting and the…