Suffrage
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Includes works related to enfranchisement and voting rights.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 55
Scope and Contents
The League of Women Voters of Greater Lafayette records document the history and administrative actions of various League of Women Voters organizations in the Greater Lafayette area. Types of materials include correspondence, photographs, news clippings, administrative records, printed ephemera, programs, financial records, and websites. Links to the archived website can be found in "External Documents".
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1965 - 2000; 1920 - 2019
Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women's Suffrage Movement
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 108
Scope and Contents
The Paulina T. Merritt papers on the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Movement document Paulina Merritt’s activities pertaining to the suffrage movement in Indiana in the late 19th century. It includes correspondence to elected officials, among them Senator Benjamin Harrison, concerning voting rights as well as correspondence with leaders in the women’s suffrage movement including May Wright Sewall. Also included in the collection is an autobiographical sketch of Merritt, as well as some clippings and...
Dates:
1860 - 1913; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1895