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IL Laws Need Women's Votes Women Suffrage Coll 214 Folder 3 edited page 1.png
A publication calling for womens' votes to revise inadequate laws pertaining to women and social issues.

Covers, The New Era, EBH, November  1885 214.1.3.2.pdf
A sampling of covers from The New Era, a newspaper published by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert to elucidate the cause of women's suffrage.

Letter, CM, 5171940, EHC 59.1.7.jpg
Dwight Perkins, architect, husband of children's book writer Lucy Fitch Perkins, and father of author and book reviewer Eleanor Ellis Perkins, wrote this letter to Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch for their 50th wedding anniversary. In it, he says: "You have…

Pamphlet, CM, January 1909, EHC 214.1.3.2.pdf
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…

Play, CM, 1911, EHC 59.1.6.6.pdf
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…

Pamphlet, CM, 1913, EHC 214.1.9.1.pdf
This pamphlet, edited by Catharine McCulloch of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, is a timeline of various important events in the Illinois women's rights movement.

Novel, CM, 1899, 59.1.6.1.pdf
A fictional account of the legal injustices suffered by wives and mothers in the United States written by Catharine Waugh McCulloch.

Speech, CM, 181908, EHC 214.1.3.7.pdf
A speech by Catharine Waugh McCulloch delivered before the Michigan Constitutional Convention on January 8, 1908.

Political Rights of IL Women Women Suffrage Coll 214 Folder 3-1.jpg
Catharine Waugh McCulloch outlines the political right of Illinois women after the passage of the Illinois suffrage law and before the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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