The State of Women's Suffrage in 1907 (Harper's Weekly, 1907)This 1907 article refers to a report made by journalist and suffragist Ida Husted Harper (1851 - 1931), concerning the status of the suffrage movement as it could be found throughout the Western world. A number of interesting issues and seldom remembered concerns are sited throughout this article on the matter of the bullying and boorish ways of those wishing to hamper the advancement of women's suffrage. The report stated
"that the attainment of woman suffrage is more difficult in the United States than in almost any other country..."
Women Win Office in 1916 (The Nation, 1916)A brief account of the 1916 November elections in the United States and how well women candidates fared, particularly in the West where gains where strongest:
"The continued election of women to minor offices may be taken as showing that suffrage has increased the number of those from whom fit choices can be made."
1924 was a very important year for American women in politics...
Woman Aviator Seeks Mail Job (The Stars and Stripes, 1919)"Katherine Stinson (1891-1977) wants to carry letters up to Third Army". By the time Stinson (a.k.a. "the Flying Schoolgirl") had applied for the job of carying the mail to the occupying forces in post-war Germany, she already had the distinction of being the fourth American woman to earn a pilot's license and the first woman to ever deliver air-mail for the U.S. Post Office. She didn't get the job...
Out Go the Men - In Come the Women (McCall's Magazine, 1918)In 1918 the small town of Umatilla, Oregon held their elections. There was one ticket composed entirely of men and another entirely of women: every man lost. The Mayor of Umatilla was soundly defeated by his wife.
Attached herein is the story of that unique contest from a time when women were denied the vote.
One Woman's Disenchantment with Feminism (Review of Reviews, 1910)The attached eleven paragraph magazine article clearly illustrated what the writer found so objectionable about the 1910 suffrage movement.
What Hindu Women Think of American Suffrage (Review of Reviews, 1910)A couple of well-born Hindu women of leisure scoffed at the pity poured out by the western suffragettes on behalf of the women of the East.
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