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O. Gossard, owner of a hardware and farm supply store in Oswego, Labette County, wrote this letter to Lucy Johnston regarding the upcoming election to determine whether or not Kansas women would gain universal suffrage. He assured her that he still supported women's suffrage because "every woman in the United States should have the same and Equal rights with every man in the U.S." He also promoted the cause of suffrage at a local meeting of Republicans.
Date: November 2, 1912
This source is particularly important because it illustrates that men also supported women's suffrage and worked to get women the vote. It also demonstrates that the movement had a broader base of support than just women.
KS:7th:4.1:Women's suffrage (2005)
Item Number: 211256
Call Number: Lucy Brown Johnston Papers (Coll. 61), Box 5, Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211256
Collections - Manuscript - Johnston, Lucy Browne
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Women's suffrage (Indicator 1) - Amendment to state constitution
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Women's suffrage (Indicator 1) - Arguments for universal suffrage
Date - 1910s - 1912
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Women
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Oswego
Places - Counties - Labette
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211256