Women Seek Ballot to Improve Citizenship and Conditions
Clara B. Arthur, Detroit Equal Suffrage leader, urges voting rights not only for better conditions but to perfect citizenship. Arthur, a Twentieth Century Club charter member and Detroit club leader, has long worked on juvenile court probation, factory inspectors, and women’s boards. Dr. Alfred Warthin supports woman suffrage as essential for national governance, citing partnership and equal rights, noting men alone cannot fully legislate protections for women and children.
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Clara B. Arthur
Equal Suffrage Association of Michigan
Detroit
Detroit Federation of Clubs
State Federation of Clubs
Abe
Alfred S. Warthin
University of Michigan
Europe
de. Walihin Ts
Long Service for Suffrage in Michigan and China
Mary Doe, a Michigan suffrage pioneer and former Michigan Equal Suffrage Association president, inspired a Chinese student C. L. Wang during a 1907 Ann Arbor summer school visit. Her work linking women’s rights to broader equity shaped Wang’s career and China’s view of women as coresponsible citizens.
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China
Ann Arbor
Jennie Buell
Michigan State Grange
Grange Bulletin
Michigan
Daunt
Early Tod
Mary Doe
Equal Suffrage Asp Eration
Mra
Dee
C. 1 Wang
Wang
Doe
Mrs. Doe
Anna H Shaw as Orator of Freedom and Wit
The passage portrays Miss Shaw as a born orator with a keen wind like the north and a rich, delightful wit. It notes her Canadian, English, and Michigan roots, her early pioneer spirit, and her reputation for speaking before congressional and legislative committees whenever women face a case in court.
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Rey Annam
Snow
England
Michigan
Northland
Miss Shaw
Shaw
Miay Shaw
Anna H. Shaw
Michigan Woman Champion of Michigan Suffrage Cause
Rev Anna Shaw, famed world figure, returns to campaign for Michigan's constitutional amendment granting women voting rights. Extract recalls her early Michigan life, education at Albion and Boston University, and early ministry work amid opposition, temperance activity, and a lifelong drive for public affairs.
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Michigan
Anna Shaw
Miss Shaw
Albion
Mich
Massachusetts
Boston University
Big Rapids
Grange Favors Equal Rights Campaign Charged By Ida L. Chittenden
Overview of the Michigan State Grange Equal Suffrage Campaign led by Ida L. Chittenden. Recounts Grange origins, advocates for women’s voting rights, cites 1911 Kalamazoo meeting, Jackson and Lansing actions, and plan to organize 000 granges, gather tax data, and push a November amendment. Includes praise for Grange members and emphasis on taxation as a persuasive issue.
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Ida L. Chittenden
Lansing
Michigan State Grange Equal Suffrage Campaign Committee
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
Olver H. Kelly
The
Grange
William Ireland
John Trimble
Anson Bartlett
Kelly
Caroline A. Hall
Theichigan State Grange
Kalamazoo
Jackson
Michigan
Michigan Agricultural College
Lawsing
Jewislatire
Osborn
Senate
House
Merroren Osborn A Michigan Politician and Scholar
Merroren Osborn born January 2 1800 in Huntington County Indiana rose to prominence in Michigan politics. He edited newspapers in Lafayette Chicago and Milwaukee and helped run several titles while serving as postmaster warden railroad commissioner and University of Michigan regent. He held LL D degrees and traveled widely as a student of politics and society. The text notes a constitutional amendment on suffrage being submitted to the legislature for a vote in the coming election.
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Merroren Sueimego
Memuern UN Amvorigun
Huntington County
Ind
Lafayette
Chicago
Milwaukee
Florence
Mehaw
Sault Bte
University of Michigan
Inle
Union
Europe
South America
Mont Cow Tries
Asia
Africa
Australia
New Zealand
China
Japan
Philippines
Siberia
Sandwich Ilands
Osborn
Michigan
Olivet College
Alma College
Michigan Governor Endorses Equal Suffrage for Women
The governor argues that equal suffrage is just and necessary, criticizing anti suffrage forces, praising women's influence for home and child rearing, and urging good men to support the cause. He cites Colorado as a precedent and calls for unity across parties to advance enfranchisement in Michigan.
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Lansing
Michigan
Colorado
Woman suffrage nationwide as states grant rights
Reference notes that women can vote in Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho Washington and California while questioning Michigan and noting partial suffrage elsewhere and even China. Urges voting for the woman suffrage amendment on November 5.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washington
California
Michigan
China
Busy Maccabees Campaign for Equal Suffrage in Michigan
The Ladies of the Modern Maccabees in Michigan drive an energetic equal suffrage campaign. Detroit hosts 38 hive groups with Mrs. Thomony guiding state efforts. Sixty two deputies across Michigan are instructed to speak on suffrage and promote the cause in every meeting and town.
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Mary L. Doe
Bay City
Doe
Michigan
Detroit
Thomony
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Michigan Equal Suffrage Association
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Niversity of Michigan
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State Suffrage Association
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Noble Michigan
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Miss Chittenden
Chase S. Osborn
Radia
Tion
Burn’r
Caple Hardware Co
Alma
Crandell & Scott
Undertakers
Alma, Mich
Kingees Rother Company
BIG Red
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