Woman Suffrage Campaign Led by Anthony in New York
The New York suffrage movement gathers vigor as Susan B. Anthony leads mass meetings at 60 county seats before the constitutional convention in May. Prominent speakers include Carrie Chapman Catt, Anna Shaw, Emma Smith Devoe, and Lillie Devereux Blake, with a diverse group of young activists joining in the push for constitutional enfranchisement.
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New York
Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
Horace Greeley
Stanton
Carrie Lane Chapman
Colorado
Anna Shaw
Emma Smith Devoe
South Dakota
Lillie Devereux Blake
Jean Brooks Greenleaf
Mrs. Stanton
New York Sun
Beauty Culture Lecture by Mme Yale Noted for Controversial Attire
Mme Yale speaks on beauty culture before a middle class audience with a sprinkling of society. She demonstrates in tights and later an evening gown, urging corset rejection and hip to toe posture, claiming beauty is a woman s first recommendation and power.
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Mme. Yale
St. Lows
Women Suffrage Talk Highlights Philadelphia Meeting
Mrs Blankenburg reported women owned property worth 30 million dollars across five wards. Fifteenth ward saw 26 percent of taxes paid on women’s property, yet women lacked financial voice. The society voted to hire a lecturer to explain suffrage to other groups and to address the Ladies Liberal league and the Women’s Union in the Interest of Labour. Working women were urged to engage more with the suffrage cause.
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Woman Suffrage Society of
Philadelphia
Miss MM. Hansen
Ladies’ Liberal League
League
Miss Henderson
Women’s Union
Philadelphia Letter on Suffrage Benefits for Working Women
The writer argues that explaining suffrage and its advantages would greatly grow the city’s working women membership, appealing to Philadelphia readers. The note suggests expanding civic participation among female workers.
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Anciaty
Philadelphia
Rag Baby Inventor Creates Doll Baby For All
Mrs. Hiram Gutnell, wife of a Cornell art school professor, has invented and patented a new cloth doll called the doll baby. The yardage doll comes in boy form with clothes in blue brown or red and includes blouse trousers and an Eton jacket. It follows the rag baby idea and offers a ready made alternative to mothers seeking a simple comforting toy for children.
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Hiram Gutnell
Cornell University
New York Journal
New York Women Artists Flourish Amid Fashion Critique
The American Woman's Journal notes New York women artists thrive despite fashion woes. It praises corseted attire as beauty destroyers and highlights Saturday morning lectures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where teaching and masterpieces inspire both ear and eye, predicting future dress reform.
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New York City
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Woman’s Journal
Miss Ida West A Pioneer Woman Scientist At Geneva
Miss Ida West a Vassar graduate in 1891 completed the doctor in science course at Geneva University Switzerland. After two years she passed a brilliant examination before Professors Graebe Gaye and Sauvet becoming the sole young woman among many male students and leading the group. She is still young and one of four sisters all pursuing scientific careers. The others include Dr. Eoaa.
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Ida West
Vassar College
Geneva University
Switzerland
Graebe
Gaye
Sauvet
Eoaa
Unique tea tables for bachelors and invalids at New York shows
The Boston Journal notes tea tables at the New York Decorative Artrooms and the Woman's Exchange. These trays on wooden stands, gilded handles, and enamel finishes suit bachelors rooms, ladies boudoirs, bedrooms, and invalids confined to beds.
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New York
Woman’s Exchange
Dinners in England and Fashion Fads Spark Debate
A lecture notes changing dining customs in England favor simpler meals with eight courses at most. The author warns against excess, suggesting seven to four courses per guest while maintaining perfection. A New York observation mocks chameleon jewelry fad, critiquing women’s fashion trends and calling the trend loathsome.
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England
Jeune
Newark
Bishop Moran urges Dunedin women to vote in suffrage drive
A Douglas Incoming report notes Bishop Moran of Dunedin New Zealand urged qualified women to exercise voting rights, trusting in the intelligence and conscience of devout women to improve political life. The Colorado Catholic bishop and clergy likewise backed woman suffrage during Colorado's successful campaign.
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Moran
Dunedin
New Zealand
Colorado
Where Was Ellen Terry Born The Mystery Persists
A Detroit Free Press item reports uncertainty about Ellen Terry birthplace. Terry suggested Coventry inn or lodging as a possibility while a Coventry resident posts a window card claiming her birthplace. A neighbor counters with a card calling it the original birthplace, sparking public amusement.
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Ellen Terry
Coventry
Miss Ellen Terry
Detroit Free Press
The Princess of Wales Drops Black Velvet Necklace
London Letter notes a change in the Princess of Wales evening ornament after a 20 year run with pearls and diamonds. The shift is linked to the apparent disappearance of a neck disfigurement, said cured by baths at a new health resort in Greece.
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Princess of Wales
Greece
London
An Ease Loving Queen
A Brooklyn Standard note claims Queen Victoria has worn corsetless, whalebone free attire since widowhood. It describes soft leather shoes with longitudinal whalebone for ankle support and glove like fit, yielding to foot movement. The piece adds she remains the smallest among great monarchs and shuns height increasing heels or ornate head gear.
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Queen Victoria
Brooklyn Standard
Her Skating Costume and Boston Club Privileges
Paris Letter describes Mile Magnier wearing an ornate skating costume with pearls and turquoise studs. A Boston correspondent notes new women club privileges at fencing, country, and Browning clubs with women dining at two other leading men’s clubs.
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Boston
Browning Club
Lord Mayors Robes and Swords In Guildhall Tradition
The piece details London Guildhall regalia including the lord mayor’s gold robe the crimson gown for aldermen mazarine gowns for common councilors and the four swords with the Pearl sword linking to royal openings and a crown topped mass chain. It also notes the lord mayor’s crimson or purple velvet robe during investiture the two chains upon re election and the mace carried under Edward III’s charter.
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England
London
Bess
Central Criminal Court
London Telegraph
First Woman Elected Mayor Under British Flag
Mrs. Yates elected mayor of Onehunga New Zealand marking the first time a woman wins a mayoralty under the British flag. Shea is noted as the wife of a former mayor. The text contrasts suffrage in England and colonies with this historical milestone.
Woman Health Inspector Sought by San Francisco Committee
The sanitation committee of San Francisco asks Mayor Ellett to appoint a woman health inspector for three months on trial, with salary paid by the committee. The mayor has referred the matter to the board of health.
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Woman's Sanitation Committee of
San Francisco
Ellett
Board of Health
San Francisco Examiner
Beechwood Estate Bought by Princess Elizabeth Soltykow
An American princess, Elizabeth Soltykow Minnie Edwards widow of Prince Alexis, has purchased the freehold of the Beechwood estate near Slough. The report notes she is young wealthy and pretty.
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Elizabeth Soltykow
Minnie Edwards
Prince Alexis
Beechwood
Slough
London
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