Illinois Laws Need Women's Votes
women's voting rights, legislation
A publication calling for womens' votes to revise inadequate laws pertaining to women and social issues.
Louise de Koven Bowen, Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
EHC Collection 214, Box 1, Folder 3
Evanston History Center
Evanston Women's History Project
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Woman's Wages
thesis, Catharine Waugh McCulloch, legal issue, women's suffrage
McCulloch's Master's thesis entitled "Woman's Wages." Outlines the excuses for wage inequality between men and women, the real reasons for wage inequality, and the solutions, the last of which is the right to vote.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch
EHC Collection 59, Box 1, Folder 6
Evanston History Center
1888-11
Evanston Women's History Project
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Rockford, Illinois, November 1888
Shall Men Have the Ballot?
speech, women's suffrage, Catharine Waugh McCulloch
Speech given by McCulloch at a ladies' dinner banquet of the Forties Club at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. At the time, McCulloch was serving as Evanston's Justice of the Peace.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch
EHC Collection 59, Box 1, Folder 6
Evanston History Center
1907-1913
Evanston Women's History Project
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Chicago, Illinois, 1907-1913
<em>Bridget's Sisters, or the Legal Status of Women in Illinois since 1868</em>
women's suffrage, legal issues, Catharine Waugh McCulloch
McCulloch loosely based this play on the life and experiences of Myra Bradwell, another Evanstonian woman. The play's introduction describes the incident that Mrs. Bradwell faced which portrayed the problems that married women faced regarding their legal status.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch, Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
EHC Collection 59, Box 1, Folder 6
Evanston History Center
1911
Evanston Women's History Project
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Evanston, Illinois; 1911
Catharine Waugh McCulloch and judge in Rome
Catharine Waugh McCulloch
A photograph of Catharine Waugh McCulloch and the judge who appointed her Master-in-Chancery. They met in Rome, where this photograph was taken, in 1922.
EHC Collection 59, Box 1, Folder 7
Evanston History Center
1922
Evanston Women's History Project
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Person
Rome, Italy; 1922
Facts Stronger than Fiction
legal issues, women's suffrage, Catharine Waugh McCulloch
In January 1909, women could vote in Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. McCulloch uses this pamphlet to show that in these states where woman can vote, there are a number of other positive laws in place, such as equal pay for equal work, and a higher age of consent.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch, New York State Woman Suffrage Association
EHC Collection 214, Box 1, Folder 3
Evanston History Center
1909-01-01
Evanston Women's History Project
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New York State, 1909
Women May Be Justices of the Peace
women, legal issues, Catharine Waugh McCulloch
Elected by an all-male electorate in Evanston, McCulloch became one of the first, if not the first, female Justice of the Peace in the country in 1907. She conducted court in her own home, and she was reelected, serving until 1913. In this pamphlet, McCulloch explains that women can and should be Justices of the Peace in Evanston.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch
EHC Collection 59, Box 1, Folder 6
Evanston History Center
1907-03-27
Evanston Women's History Project
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Illinois 1907
<em>Mr. Lex, or the Legal Status of Mother and Child</em>
novel, Catharine Waugh McCulloch, legal rights
A fictional account of the legal injustices suffered by wives and mothers in the United States written by Catharine Waugh McCulloch.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch, Fleming H. Revell Company
EHC Collection 59, Box 1, Folder 6
Evanston History Center
1899
Evanston Women's History Project
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Illinois, 1899