Suffrage Materials

In 2020, the United States is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment which guaranteed and protected women's constitutional right to vote. To commemorate this anniversary the Special Collections and Archives gathered materials related to suffrage from its collections. This series contains letters, photographs, ephemeral materials, and speeches.

The suffrage collection included materials from the follow series:

Ruth Herr Papers (MS-91)

Katherine Kennedy Brown Papers (MS-146)

Martha McClellan Brown Papers (MS-147)

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Kentucky Equal Rights Association: Tenth Annual Convention

Kentucky Equal Rights Association

A program for the Kentucky Equal Rights Association Tenth Annual Convention. The convention was held in Covington, Kentucky on October 14th and 15th of 1897.
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Annual Convention

Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

A flyer announcing the twelfth annual convention of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association held in Alliance, Ohio on October 5 through October 7, 1897.
Program: Twelfth Annual Convention Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

The program of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Associations twelfth annual convention held in Alliance, Ohio on October 5-7, 1897.
Letter, 1897, November 13, Harriet Taylor Upton to Mrs. Brown [Martha McClellan Brown]

Harriet Taylor Upton

A letter from Harriet Taylor Upton, the Treasurer of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association to asking Martha McClellan Brown for a count of how many women voted in Cincinnati at the previous school election and other statistics.
Letter, 1896, December 15, Harriet Taylor Upton to Dear Friend [Martha McClellan Brown]

Harriet Taylor Upton

A letter from Harriet Taylor Upton, the Treasurer of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association to asking for contributions to the organization's treasury.
Letter, 1895, July 29, Carrie Chapman Catt to Dear friend [Martha McClellan Brown]

Carrie Chapman Catt

A letter from Carrie Chapman Catt of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association to Martha McClellan Brown.
Letter, 1895, October 18, Carrie Chapman Catt to Mrs. M. McClellan Brown [Martha McClellan Brown]

Carrie Chapman Catt

A letter from Carrie Chapman Catt of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association to Martha McClellan Brown.
Letter, 1895, October 19, Harriet Taylor Upton to Dear Friend [Martha McClellan Brown]

Harriet Taylor Upton

A letter from Harriet Taylor Upton, the Treasurer of the National-American Woman Suffrage Association to asking for contributions to the organization's treasury.
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Delegate Ribbon

Ribbon, gold silk with swallow-tail cut top and bottom and black lettering: “STATE DELEGATE X^TH A. CON. O.W.S.A. 1894.” 5.5” x 1.5”
Letter, 1894, February 10, Jean Brooks Greenleaf to Martha McClellan

Jean Brooks Greenleaf

A letter from Jean Brooks Greenleaf to Martha McClellan Brown in Germantown, Ohio.
Twelve Reasons Why Women Want to Vote

Alice Stone Blackwell

A two-page article by Alice Stone Blackwell outlining twelve reasons why women want the right to vote.
A Glimpse of the History of Woman Suffrage

Mary J. Cravens

A pamphlet by Dr. Mary J. Cravens summarizing the history of the woman suffrage movement in the United States ca. 1887.
Wesleyan College Annual Address

Martha McClellan Brown

An address, given at Cincinnati Wesleyan College, in which Brown discusses the importance of higher education for women.
The Accident of Sex

Martha McClellan Brown

This paper was prepared by Mrs. Martha McClellan Brown at the request of the National Woman Suffrage Association, in review of the whole question as treated in various articles published in the North American Review, on the Distinctions, Limitations and Ethics of Sex. It was delivered before the 13th Annual Convention in Tremont Temple, Boston, May 27th, 1881.