Nosegays for all is suffrage plan
Pennsylvania suffragists launch May Day flower campaign from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. Yellow blossoms will be given to strangers and neighbors as a symbol of support. Lancaster distributes seeds to 500 garden plot holders. Mt. Carmel and Milton plan flower activities. Pittsburgh buys 3,000 pansies for door baskets.
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Equal Suffrage Logic Crosses State Lines
Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania argues in Congress that if it is right for women to vote in Oregon it is right for Pennsylvania Illinois and Kentucky as well, asserting that state borders do not determine women's fitness to govern themselves.
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Next State Convention Set for Williamsport
The Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association chose Williamsport for its November state convention. Three hundred delegates are expected, including many prominent women. The meeting will merge state associations into one and discuss strategies to push a suffrage amendment bill in the next Legislature.
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Golden Flier Tour Urges Suffrage Delegates
The Golden Flier, a bright yellow car, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, christened with gasoline, begins a 15000 mile trip to rally volunteers for suffrage demonstrations at the Chicago and St Louis conventions on June 7 and 14. A delegate for every mile aims to mobilize support for a suffrage plank. Philadelphia suffragists start an expense fund asking women to forego Easter bonnets to finance delegates westward.
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Women workers rise as home labor savers push outfield roles
Women now work in 356 of 400 trades investigated by Alice Henry former editor of Life and Labor. Henry notes that advances in household labor saving inventions like vacuum cleaners push women to seek jobs outside the home increasing employment opportunities.
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Women Architects Win Chicago Neighborhood Center Prize
The prize for neighborhood center plans, run by the City Club of Chicago, goes to a firm of two women architects. The piece argues women have long designed homes and can best plan a community's home.
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Candidates weigh in on suffrage in May primaries
Women and suffrage groups prepare to question and interview candidates entering the May primaries. The campaign centers on views on woman suffrage and re submitting an amendment for equal franchise. Suffragists plan to back candidates who endorse woman suffrage.
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