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• Anne Martin and Caroline Katzenstein correspondence, 15 May 1918
  Correspondence concerning fundraising for the Anne Martin's senatorial campaign and the possibility of Caroline Katzenstein moving to the western United States to aid in the campaign efforts there. Anne Martin was a prominent suffragist and the first woman to run for United States senate.
• Mabel Vernon and Caroline Katzenstein correspondence, 14 October 1918
  In this exchange, Mable Vernon and Caroline Katzenstein discuss ways to disseminate a 'special story' to Philadelphia newspapers in effort to publicize the suffrage campaign. They also discuss the effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic on Philadelphia and the local suffrage campaign. Mable Vernon was a campaign manager for the National Woman's Party, which was based in Washington D.C.
• Alice Paul letter to Caroline Katzenstein, 31 July 1918
  In this letter, Alice Paul provides instructions for Caroline Katzenstein in preparation for a convention in Pittsburgh. Paul was the national chairman of the National Woman's Party and spearheaded the suffrage movement in the years leading up to the Nineteenth Amendment.
• Caroline Katzenstein and Alice Paul correspondence, 11-12 July 1918
  This exchange between Alice Paul, chairman of the National Woman's Party, and Caroline Katzenstein, executive secretary of NWP's Pennsylvania branch, includes a discussion about fundraising, talking points relating to the status of women's suffrage in the senate, and strategies for convincing legislators to support the suffrage amendment. Keeping up with debt and expenses was a continuous problem for the NWP, a point Paul underlines in her letters.
• Woman Suffrage Party and Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association election mailing, 18 May 1918
  This mailing from the Woman Suffrage Party of Pennsylvania urges voters to elect 'trustworthy men' and blames Dr. James J. Heffernan, Pennsylvania state representative of the 17th District, of reversing his promise to support a constitutional amendment for Woman's Suffrage. Includes a facsimile of Heffernan's signature and promise to support the amendment.
• The New York Times article "Pressure for Suffrage: Three Interlocking Systems of Political Machinery Used by Women in Converting the Members of Congress, 25 May 1919
  This article outlines the three chief lobbying strategies of the National Woman's Party. The first was the maintenance of a detailed card index system with information on each member of congress and their voting histories. The second revolved around the NWP's political committee which would hold meetings with men who had some form of financial or personal influence over senators or representatives. The third strategy was NWP outreach to state-level organizations who would in turn pressure congress from below.
• The New York Times article Her Pressure on Congress: Suffrage Lobbyist's Card Index Keeps Tab on Members' Home Influences, Financial Backers, and Even Golf Partners, 2 March 1919
  This article by the New York Times details the various lobbying strategies of the National Woman's Party, including an intricate card index system with information and voting histories of each member of congress. The article also reports how members of NWP would seek to influence the financial backers of the 'anti's' in order to sway them to support women's suffrage.
• Hair-Curling Stories of Life Behind Grim Prison Walls to be Told by Speakers Tonight, 19 February 1919
  An article relating to a public meeting held by the women of the National Woman's Party who were previously arrested for picketing in front of the White House. They were collectively known as the 'Prison Special' and the stories of their mistreatment in prison generated national awareness and sympathy for the women's suffrage movement.
• The North American article Will You Know Them When They're Old? 23 September 1917
  A clipping from the North American that features portraits of some of the most luminous persons of the 1910s re-imaged as elderly. Includes an altered portrait of Caroline Katzenstein and King George V.
• Denver Post article Appeal of Eastern Suffrage Leaders Wins Women of Denver to National Amendment, 16 April 1916
  This article from the Denver Post recounts the twenty-five suffragists of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, known collectively as the 'Suffrage Special,' who toured the western United States to garner support for a federal suffrage amendment.
• The North American article Suffrage Secretary Praises Roosevelt, 30 August 1912
  An article relating to Caroline Katzenstein's praising of Theodore Roosevelt's support of woman's suffrage. Roosevelt long supported woman's suffrage and announced his support publicly in 1912.
• Public Ledger article Suffrage Demonstration, 17 November 1912
  The Public Ledger was a Philadelphia based newspaper. This published letter, sent from the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association to the editor, advertises the National American Woman Suffrage Association's annual convention in Philadelphia.
• Every Evening article A Page of Woman's Suffrage News, 2 March 1918
  The Every Evening paper, based in Wilmington, Delaware, had pages dedicated to news from the woman's suffrage movement. This edition relates to the picketing campaign of the National Woman's Party.
• Equal Rights Volume 40 Number 2, November 1954
  Equal Rights was the house organ of the National Woman's Party. This edition focuses on legislation related to the Equal Rights Amendment and Party activities. The publication was discontinued the same year.
• Equal Rights Volume 40 Number 1, October 1954
  Equal Rights was the house organ of the National Woman's Party. This edition focuses on legislation related to the Equal Rights Amendment and Party activities. The publication was discontinued the same year.
• National Woman's Party Convention Program, April 1-3 1949
  This program outlines the events of the National Woman's Part 1949 National Convention, which includes committee reports and guest speakers. After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment the Party shifted its focus to promote the Equal Rights Amendment.
• Nina Horton Avery letter to candidates for the United States Congress, 1 October 1954
  This open letter from the chairman of the Women's Joint Legislative Committee for Equal Rights (a branch of the National Woman's Party) urges candidates of congress to support the Equal Rights Amendment.
• Dwight D. Eisenhower telegram to Ernestine Breisch Powell, 25 August 1953
  A telegram from Dwight Eisenhower to the national chairman of the National Woman's Party, Ernestine Breisch Powell. Eisenhower commemorates the thirty-third anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and describes the changes in opportunities for women in the country since ratification, noting the increase in women officer-holders.
• Among the National Organizations of Women Endorsing the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution, undated
  A list put together by the National Woman's Party that displays various American women's associations that have expressed support for the Equal Rights Amendment. The groups include the National Association of Colored Women, Industrial Women's League for Equality, and the Association of American Women Dentists.
• National Woman's Party letterhead, undated
  A clipping of letterhead used by the National Woman Party. It provides a list of officers and national council members.
• Equal Rights Volume 34 Number 4, September 1948
  Equal Rights was the house organ of the National Woman's Party. This edition commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the first women's suffrage convention in Seneca Falls and looks back on the history of women's rights in the United States. There are also details relating to the 1949 NWP convention.
• Alva Belmont House Headquarters of World Woman's Party for Equal Rights and National Woman's Party of the United States pamphlet, 1941
  The Alva Belmont House, now the Belmont--Paul Women's Equality National Monument, became the headquarters of the National Woman's Party in 1929. This pamphlet provides a short history of the house, the NWP, and the World Woman's Party for Equal Rights.
• National Conventions of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and National Woman's Party program, March 1-4 1917
  At this convention, the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and the National Woman's Party merge and the new group retains the NWP name. Members voted to concentrate on a federal woman suffrage amendment, and to continue protest activities even if the United States joins World War I.
• Conference of the Advisory Council and Officers of the National Woman's Party program, December 6-9 1917
  This conference of the officers of the National Woman's Party featured a number of speakers and a meeting that honored the suffragists who were imprisoned at the Occoquan Workhouse after picketing in front of the White House.
• Constitution of the National Woman's Party, undated
  The Nation Woman's Party was formed in 1916 and led the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1920. The NWP's constitution lists information relating to party membership, goals, structure, activities, and colors (purple white and gold).