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Students held a meeting on Women’s Suffrage. They had previously conducted a survey on student support for suffrage: “[Dorothy Holt] announced the results of the recent canvass of the college: for suffrage, 476; against, 154; neutral, 174.” They had…

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.”

The Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry was founded as a direct result of the 19th Amendment and white women’s newfound right to vote in both the US and UK. This intersectional outreach of Suffrage, class, and labor is discussed in…

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.

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.…

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.

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…

“Program that lists session details for the 25th Annual Convention of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association. Mariana Wright Chapman is listed as President of the Brooklyn Woman’s Suffrage Association.”

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

Bryn Mawr College student newspaper. Merged with Haverford News, News (Bryn Mawr College); Published weekly (except holidays) during academic year.

Contains “President Thomas Makes Suffrage Speech As Amendment Passes House [subtitle] Describes…