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• The Fourth Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Branch, National Woman's Party bulletin, 1919
  By 1919, women's suffrage had gained much popular support across the United States. Many states had granted full or partial suffrage and this program for the fourth annual convention of the Pennsylvania Branch of the National Woman's Party indicates that much of the Party's attention was devoted to pushing congress to pass a suffrage amendment. Indeed, less than a month after the convention the United States House of Representatives would pass the federal suffrage amendment.
• The Third Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Branch, National Woman's Party bulletin, November 1917
  This is an itinerary for the Third Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Branch of the National Woman's Party. While the convention was underway in Philadelphia dozens of Party members were serving prison sentences in the Occoquan Workhouse after conducting picketing demonstrations in Washington D.C. The ordeal helped stir further sympathy for women's suffrage.
• Pennsylvania Branch of National Woman's Party meeting notes, 19 June 1917
  Caroline Katzenstein served as the executive secretary of the National Woman's Party Pennsylvania branch. These notes recount the speech of Marie Jenney Howe, a prominent suffragist and feminist, given at a Party meeting. Her husband, Frederic C. Howe, was the Commissioner of Immigration of the Port of New York.
• Suggested Constitution for State Branch of the National Woman's Party, undated
  The Nation Woman's Party was formed in 1916 and led the woman's suffrage movement to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. The NWP's constitution lists information relating to party membership, goals, structure, activities, and colors (purple white and gold).
• Forward Into Light by Florence A. Armstrong, 1944
  An essay by Dr. Florence A. Armstrong promoting the Equal Rights Amendment and the National Woman's Party. After the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, the NWP has focused its energies on promoting the ERA.
• Women's suffrage stamps, undated
  Stamps relating to women's suffrage designed by Caroline Katzenstein prior to the defeat of the State Amendment in 1915. Included are two stamps, a signature documenting the stamps' provenance, and a pledge form for the National Woman's party.
• National Woman's Party donation form, undated
  This donation form for the National Woman's Party includes fields for donator name, address, and contribution amount. The reverse side features a typescript note that says: "To our beloved friend Caroline Katzenstein who came to earth to unleash the power of women's love. Devotedly, Walter and Lao Russell."
• Why We Picket, 1917
  A broadside published by the National Woman's Party describing the need to picket the Wilson White House in order to bring to attention the women's suffrage amendment. On the bottom is an RSVP slip to be mailed to Irish Calderhead regarding a particular demonstration at the White House on September 1.
• Women Voters Against Wilson, undated
  This handout, put out by the National Woman's Party, describes president Woodrow Wilson's and the Democratic Party's record relating to a suffrage amendment.
• Address of Susan B. Anthony to the Congressional Committee, in February 1884, in favor of a National Amendment for Woman Suffrage
  This pamphlet, featuring an excerpt from Susan B. Anthony's 1884 speech concerning a constitutional suffrage amendment, was put out by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, sometime between the Union's formation in 1913 to its dissolution in 1916. Suffrage groups like the CU and the National Woman's Party focused on promoting a federal constitutional amendment instead of state-level amendments.
• Philadelphia Bulletin article Zealous Reformer for 34 Years, 23 March 1955
  This article highlights Caroline Katzenstein's career as a suffragist and her efforts to promote social reform. It quotes one of Katzenstein's essays, 'The Sporting Spirit,' which documents her utopian ideals and urges her readers to think in terms of individual morality for the common good. She disseminated her essay to dozens of the most luminous academics and political figures of the time.
• National Council of Women Voters conference program, August 13-15 1913
  The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was formed in 1913 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as an appendage of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. During the conference of the National Council of Women Voters, the Council testified before the House Rules Committee on August 14 to request the creation of a House Woman Suffrage Committee.
• Women Voters Against Wilson, 1916
  A broadside published by the National Woman's Party that records the Prohibition, Socialist, and Progressive parties' official declarations of support for the suffrage amendment.
• Suffrage Record of the Democratic Party During President Wilson's Administrations, 1919
  This handout, put out by the National Woman's Party, describes president Woodrow Wilson's and the Democratic Party's record relating to a suffrage amendment.
• Will the Federal Suffrage Amendment Complicate the Race Problem? undated
  Broadside published by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage citing 1910 Census data to show that "women's suffrage will not be affected by African American population numbers."
• Fourth Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Men's League for Woman Suffrage, 23 March 1916
  This report includes League activities, including the dissemination of literature relating to woman suffrage and fundraising campaigns.
• National Council of Women Voters Senators from Equal Suffrage States, undated
  This flier, put out by the National Council of Women Voters, urges supporters of women's suffrage to contact their state's representatives and ask them to endorse a constitutional suffrage amendment.
• National Council of Women Voters all to Conference, 28 June 1913
  The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was formed in 1913 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as an appendage of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. During the conference of the National Council of Women Voters the Council testified before the House Rules Committee on August 14 to request the creation of a House Woman Suffrage Committee.
• Some Advantages of the Federal Suffrage Amendment, undated
  The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was formed in 1913 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as an appendage of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This flier outlines the argument for supporting an suffrage amendment to the United States constitution over amending the constitutions of each state.
• Constitution of the Congressional Union, undated
  The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was formed in 1913 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as an appendage of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The CU's constitution lists information relating to membership, goals, structure, activities, and colors (purple white and gold).
• Itinerary of the "Suffrage Special" April 9-May 16 1910
  The Suffrage Special was an envoy of members from the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage who traveled by train to the western United States to garner support for a woman suffrage amendment. The tour lasted five weeks and stopped at fourteen states before returning to Washington D.C.
• Facts about the Suffrage Amendment, undated
  This flier outlines the argument for supporting a federal suffrage amendment over amending the constitutions of each state.
• Ada Flatman letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 16 August 1916
  This letter from Ada Flatman, advertising manager of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage's house organ, The Suffragist, relates to advertising and subscription projects in Philadelphia.
• The Federal Suffrage Amendment Not Opposed to States' Rights, undated
  This pamphlet, put out by the National Woman's Party, details various arguments to demonstrate that a national suffrage amendment would not impinge on states' rights. For instance, it demonstrates how the ratification of a constitutional amendment, which requires the consent three-quarters of the states, works on the same basis of majority rule as the rest of the republic's democratic processes.
• Why Arresting Pickets is Stupid: A Word of Advise for the Administration by Gilson Gardner, Washington Correspondent of the Scripps Papers, undated
  An statement presented by Gilson Gardner in the Scripps Papers that admonishes president Woodrow Wilson's order to arrest suffrage picketers, arguing that it was illegal. There are also typescript notes on the page heading that relate to Gardner's background and support for the National Woman's Party.