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Suffrage

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Callahan Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0262
Abstract

A miscellany of materials, primarily genealogical records of a large number of families. The collection also contains files on the Hopewell Baptist Church in Fayette County, Alabama, the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment Company F, Alabama land records, and on women's suffrage.

Dates: unknown

Horace and Marion Chase Letters - Marian Chase Incoming Correspondence, 1860 - 1871

 File — Box 4257.004: [Barcode: 1006214229], Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Mainly personal correspondence between Horace and Marian Chase during the early years of their marriage when they were separated by business or vacations. Also included are other family and social correspondence discussing family news, daily life, vacation activates, and business trips, as well as a letter from the Cook County Women's Suffrage Association concerning "first general reunion after the great fire."

Dates: 1860 - 1871

The Injustice of Poll Taxes Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4746
Scope and Contents This broadside, The Injustice of Poll Taxes Broadside, authored by Henry P. Farrow, is a passionate plea against the implementation of the poll tax in Georgia during the Reconstruction era. Written at a pivotal moment while the Georgia Reconstruction Constitutional Convention was in session, Farrow’s argument articulates the economic and moral injustices of such a tax, which disproportionately affected the poor of all races and ultimately served as a...
Dates: ca 1867

Collection on women in Alabama

 Collection
Identifier: W-0005
Abstract

A variety of materials related to several Alabama women, some of whom are well-known in Alabama and the nation, while others were simple women going about their daily lives. This is also the affirmative side of a debate speech presented by Benjamin F. Eborn at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama, on the question "Is Woman Really Better Than Man?"

Dates: 1853-1957