Guide to the Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights Collection, 1866–1989

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Repository:	Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator:	Vassar College
Title:	Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights Collection
Dates:	1866-1989
Quantity:	3.2 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Abstract:	An artificial collection of petitions, speeches, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, and broadsides relating to the struggles for woman suffrage and other women's rights. Includes documents relating to debates over the suffrage issue at Vassar College.

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Materials relating to woman suffrage include a petition to the New York State Assembly signed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Henry Blackwell, and Lucy Stone, 1866; Stanton's speech "Solitude of Self," 1892; speeches by Clara M. Hill and Dr. Howard B. Kelly; correspondence of Henry MacCracken on suffrage and Vassar College, 1917-1918; publications of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and other suffrage organizations; scrapbooks of clippings, 1906-1917; and other programs, songs, plays, speeches, broadsides, government documents, and clippings on woman suffrage in the United States and abroad. Materials relating to women's rights include publications, programs, and other printed materials on equal rights, women and war, women in education, and women's liberation; organizations include the National Woman's Party, Women's Bureau of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, the International Federation of Business and Professional Women, and the National Organization of Women.

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Access

This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.

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Names:

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909
Hill, Clara M.
Kelly, Howard B.
MacCracken, H. N. (Henry Noble), 1880-1970
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893

Organizations:

International Federation of Business and Professional Women
Men's League for Woman Suffrage
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Organization for Women
National Woman's Party
Political Equality Association
Vassar College

Subjects:

Feminism
Feminists--United States
Women and war
Women in business
Women in education
Women in politics
Women in the professions
Women social reformers
Women's rights
Women--Employment
Women--Societies and clubs
Women--Suffrage

Places:

United States. Women's Bureau

Document Types:

Broadsides
Printed ephemera
Publications
Scrapbooks
Songs

VCL Categories:

Women's History

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Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, May 2007. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, June 2024.

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Preferred Citation

Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights Collection, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

Original processing date unknown.

Acquisition Information

Gift of various donors, including Priscilla Leith (M2004-003).

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Series List

Series I.Woman Suffrage - General

Series II.Woman Suffrage - Vassar College

Series III.Women's Rights

Container List

Series I. Woman Suffrage
Box 1, Folder 1	Anti-suffrage material
Box 1, Folder 2	Men’s organizations for woman suffrage
Box 1, Folder 3	Petition to the New York State Assembly, signed by E. Cady Stanton, S.B. Anthony, Henry Blackwell, and Lucy Stone, on behalf of the American Equal Rights Association, 1866 Jan 3
Box 1, Folder 4	Facsimiles of suffrage broadsides (see also Folder 37), cartoons, and other materials
Box 2, Folder 58	Suffrage calendar, 1912
Box 1, Folder 5	Suffrage photographs
Box 1, Folder 6	Suffrage plays
Box 1, Folder 7	Suffrage postcards
Box 1, Folder 8	Suffrage programs
Box 1, Folder 9	Suffrage songs
Box 1, Folder 10	Suffrage stamps
Box 1, Folder 11	Solitude of Self, an address by E. Cady Stanton, 1892 Jan 18
Box 1, Folder 12	Suffrage speeches by Clara M. Hill
Box 1, Folder 13	Address by Dr. Howard B. Kelly given when presenting a medallion of Susan B. Anthony to Bryn Mawr College, 1902
Box 1, Folder 14	Germany
Box 1, Folders 15-17	Great Britain (see also Folder 39)
Box 1, Folder 18	Great Britain: Women as Poor Law Guardians
Box 1, Folder 19	Italy
Box 1, Folder 20	Switzerland
Box 1, Folder 21	United States
Box 1, Folder 22	United States: Selections of U.S. government documents, 1887-1916
Box 1, Folder 27	National American Woman Suffrage Association - catalogs and price lists, 1915-1916, undated
Box 1, Folders 28-31	National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Box 1, Folder 32	Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, New York State Woman Suffrage Party, Empire State Campaign Committee
Box 1, Folder 33	Men’s League for Woman Suffrage, Political Equality Association
Box 2, Folder 34	The Woman’s Journaland American Suffrage Association
Box 2, Folders 35-36	Miscellaneous associations’ publications
Box 2, Folder 37	Suffrage broadsides
Box 2, Folder 38	Suffrage band and banner
Box 2, Folder 39	Suffrage: Great Britain: Government reports, 1894, 1912
Box 4	Scrapbooks of suffrage-related clippings, 1906-1917 [2 scrapbooks]
Box 2, Folder 40	Scrapbook enclosures, 1906-1917
Mapcase, Drawer 23	"Votes for Women a Success," by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, undated
Box 3, Folder 73	"The New York State Woman Suffrage Party - Educational Section," [1920?]
Series II. Woman Suffrage - Vassar College
Box 1, Folder 23	General — includes prison notes of Elizabeth McShane Hilles, VC 1913
Box 1, Folder 24	Suffrage Club
Box 1, Folder 25	MacCracken correspondence, 1915-1917
Box 1, Folder 26	MacCracken correspondence, 1917-1918, undated
Series III. Women's Rights
Box 2, Folder 42	Miscellaneous printed material regarding equal rights for women, 1921-1935, undated
Box 2, 43-46	Miscellaneous items relating to and/or printed by the National Woman’s Party, 1920-1945, undated
Box 2, Folder 47	Miscellaneous publications regarding women and war (especially World War II), 1920-1945, undated
Box 2, Folders 48-51	Miscellaneous publications of the Woman’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor regarding employment of women during World War II
Box 2, Folder 52	First-day-of-issue stamp commemorating women in the armed forces, 1952
Box 2, Folder 53	Miscellaneous publications of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women, 1942-1947
Box 2, Folder 54	Materials relating to KNOW, Inc.
Box 2, Folder 55	Miscellaneous publications of the International Council of Women, 1970
Box 2, Folder 55	Miscellaneous publications of the National Council of Women of the United States, 1969-1970
Box 2, Folder 56	Materials relating to the National Organization for Women, 1955-1970
Box 2, Folder 57	Women’s Bibliography, by Joan Kelly-Gadol, Sarah Lawrence College, 1974 Fall
Box 2, Folders 59-61	Program and materials of the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education, October 4-6, 1972: Women in Higher Education
Box 3, Folders 62-66	Miscellaneous publications about women’s liberation
Box 3, Folders 67-69	Miscellaneous publications of the National Organization for Women (NOW), 1979-1989
Box 3, Folders 70-72	Miscellaneous publications of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and other feminist organizations, circa 1974-1986

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Abstract

An artificial collection of
petitions, speeches, correspondence, publications, scrapbooks, and broadsides
relating to the struggles for woman suffrage and other women's rights. Includes
documents relating to debates over the suffrage issue at Vassar College.

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Finding Aid Collection

Finding Aid Date

Dates: 1866-1989

Document Types

Names

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902