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Letterhead for the National-American Woman Suffrage Association Letterhead for the National-American Woman Suffrage Association

Newspaper headline, 1894 Newspaper headline, 1894

Declaration of Sentiments
 —Background

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;...Read the complete document or the background.

 

Seneca Falls Convention
 —Background

A Convention to discuss the Social, Civisl, and Religious condition of woman, was called by the Women of Seneca County, N.Y., and held at the village of Seneca Falls, in the Wesleyan Chapel, on the 19th and 20th of July, 1848...Read the complete document or the background.

 

United States v. Anthony
 —Background
 —Is it a Crime to Vote?

In November of 1872, Susan B. Anthony and 13 other suffragists chose to illegally cast their ballots in a presidential election. The women were arrested and charged with “knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote.”...Read the complete document, the background, or the speech.

 

Social Purity
 —Background

In the winter of 1875 Miss Anthony prepared her speech on “Social Purity” and gave it first at the Grand Opera House, Chicago, March 14, in the Sunday afternoon Dime lecture course...Read the complete document or the background.

 

Solitude of Self
 —by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

On January 18, 1892, Elizabeth Cady Stanton addressed Congress with this speech—one of her most famous...Read the complete speech.

 

Proposing Marriage
 —by Ida Husted Harper

In this winter of 1869 the Press Club of New York made the startling innovation of giving a dinner to which ladies were invited...Read the complete document.

 

Woman Want Bread, not the Ballot!
 —by Susan B. Anthony

My purpose tonight is to demonstrate the great historical fact that disfranchisement is not only political degradation, but also moral, social, educational and industrial degradation;...Read the complete speech.

 

Women’s Rights Abroad
 —by Ida Husted Harper

In most of the countries of the world women posses some form of suffrage, but for many reasons it is almost impossible to define exactly in what it consists...Read the complete document.