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A pamphlet from the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association encouraging women's suffrage in Illinois in the year 1903.

A postcard depicting an editorial cartoon with the title "Why Not Let the Mother Vote?" The postcard was sent to Mr. and Mrs. F. Leahy of Chicago, Illinois. It was sent one day before the election to determine if the women of Illinois would receive…

A program of the events celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Woman's Club of Evanston in 1929. There is also a bit of the organization's history, including a picture of its founder and first president, Elizabeth Boynton Harbert.

A publication calling for womens' votes to revise inadequate laws pertaining to women and social issues.

An argument written by the Legislative Committee of Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs for the passage of an amendment to the Illinois state constitution allowing women in the state to vote.

A membership pledge from Mrs. A.M. Blunt to the Evanston Political Equality League.

Article in the Evanston Index describing Carrie Chapman-Catt's upcoming lecture on suffrage at First Congregational Church in Evanston.

Newspaper account of recent EPEL meeting at Rickards home, 1324 Forest Avenue.

Newspaper account of plans for suffrage bazaar at Hotel LaSalle, in which Evanston women took a leadership role.

Card with list of EPEL officers, EPEL constitution, and space for membership pledge on reverse side.