Letter of the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women, 1907
Overview
Letter concerning membership in the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women.
Dates
- Creation: 1907
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folderCollection contains a letter, written to Mrs. Thayer from Katharine E. Guild concerning securing new members for the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women.
HISTORY
The Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women was formed on May 21, 1895 to "increase public interest in the great question of the extension of Suffrage to women, and to stimulate public opinion in opposition to it." This group was also known as Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women and later known as Women's Anti-Suffrage Association of Massachusetts.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 72-4
This letter of the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women were given to the Schlesinger Library by Dorothea Sims in 1972.
Processing Information
Updated: August 2020
By: Jenny Gotwals.
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by the Alice Jeanette Ward Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01909
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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