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A squelcher for women's suffrage

Print shows a woman being denied the opportunity to vote because she is wearing a dress and a hat that are too wide for the narrow booths labeled…

Women are too sentimental for jury duty

Illustration shows a jury of men crying as they present a "Not Guilty" verdict; standing before the jury, a man, also crying, embraces a woman.

Postcard: Origin and development of a suffragette

This color illustration charts the development of a woman from age 15 to age 50, when she becomes a suffragette.

Men looking at material posted in the window of the National Anti-Suffrage Association headquarters

Photograph shows men looking at material posted in the window of the National Anti-Suffrage Association headquarters; sign in window reads…

Election Day!

Print showing a woman leaving the house to vote on election day while her distraught husband is left behind to tend to the children and house by…

Henry Mayer, The Awakening

Illustration shows a torch-bearing female labeled "Votes for Women", symbolizing the awakening of the nation's women to the desire for suffrage,…