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Anti-suffrage Movement Collection
SPC.2019.009
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Anti-suffrage Movement Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.009
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
.21 Linear Feet
(24 postcards; 1 pamphlet)
Date (inclusive): 1909-1910, undated
Abstract: This collection contains 24 postcards featuring images and cartoons related to the anti-suffragism movement, which was comprised
of both men and women who opposed women's suffrage under the belief that men and women had different societal roles, and that
women should not get the right to vote. Many of the postcards are part of a "Suffragette Series", and some are drawn by postcard
artist, Walter Wellman. Also included is one pamphlet entitled "Real Opponents to the Suffrage Movement says Mr. Bok are the
Women Themselves Whose Peculiar Field of Work Lies Outside of Politics".
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 1
The Anti-suffrage Collection (1909-1910, undated) contains 24 postcards featuring imagery and cartoons related to a movement
that opposed women's suffrage. Images depicted mock suffragettes and the suffragette movement relying heavily on gender-based
stereotypes and themes based on societial male and female roles during the early 20th century. Many of the postcards are part
of a "Suffragette Series", and some are drawn by postcard artist, Walter Wellman. Also included is one pamphlet entitled "Real
Opponents to the Suffrage Movement says Mr. Bok are the Women Themselves Whose Peculiar Field of Work Lies Outside of Politics".
Reprint from the New York Times, Sunday April 18, 1909. Pamphlet distributed by the Massachusetts Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage and issued by the New York State Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[title of item] Anti-suffrage Movement Collection, Courtesy of the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. University Library.
California State University, Dominguez Hills
For related material please consult: Women's Suffrage Movement Materials Collection; "The Comic Almanack" edited by Robert
B. Brough, illustrated by George Cruikshank and H.G. Hine (book call number: SpCol AY758.C7 C92 1853; Archives and Special
Collection Library 5th Floor South)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Women -- Suffrage