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The New Era covers
A sampling of covers from The New Era, a newspaper published by Elizabeth Boynton Harbert to elucidate the cause of women's suffrage.
Bible Light on Woman Suffrage
McCulloch shows the relationship between Christianity and women's suffrage, and how to use the Bible and religion in favor of women's right to vote.
Mayors of Five States Recommend Municipal Suffrage for Women
In Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Kansas in 1909, women were already allowed to vote in municipal elections. McCulloch wrote to the mayors of cities in these states asking their opinions about women's suffrage, and 140 mayors replied, most of…
Carrie Chapman Catt to Catharine and Frank McCulloch
A letter from Carrie Chapman Catt, a well-known suffragist, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCulloch congratulating them on their 50th wedding anniversary. In it, she says: "You have both made the world better than you found it, and have contributed the best…
Dwight Perkins to Frank and Catharine McCulloch
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…
List of Illinois political candidates backing women's suffrage
McCulloch sent a letter to all Illinois editors saying that the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association sent letters to the Democratic and Republican candidates asking their opinions on women's suffrage. She then published a list of candidates who were…
Mr. Lex, or the Legal Status of Mother and Child
A fictional account of the legal injustices suffered by wives and mothers in the United States written by Catharine Waugh McCulloch.
Northwestern University and Woman Suffrage
To show that educators are in favor of woman suffrage, Catharine McCulloch asked Northwestern University faculty about their opinions on women's suffrage. Of the 80 that replied, 58 were in favor of women's suffrage, 9 noncommittal, and 13 against,…
Chronology of the Women's Rights Movement in Illinois
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.
Political Rights of Illinois Women
In this pamphlet, McCulloch discusses the laws that have led to some degree of women's suffrage in Illinois, and she also discusses what remains in terms of women gaining full suffrage in the state.