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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…

Vassar’s President Taylor refused to let the students meet on campus to discuss suffrage, so these students organized a lecture event in the cemetery that borders the northside of campus. It is recorded that “forty undergraduates, ten alumnae…” and…

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

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.…

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…

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

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…

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…

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.”

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.”