Steve Test

Items

• NAWSA Letter
• The Woman's Edition of the the Fairmont Index newspaper
  Pages of this special edition of the Fairmont Index newspaper. These articles describe suffrage activities in Fairmont area as well as the the formation of the West Virginia State Woman Suffrage Association.
• Facts for West Virginia Voters
• The Dominion Return Sample Ballot
• The Woman's Edition, The Fairmont Index.
• Woman Suffrage Fan
• The Union Signal - "Votes for Women" Victorious
  Issue of the Union Signal, published by the Women's Christian Temperance Union, denoting the approval of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. Next it would need to be ratified by 2/3 of the states.
• The Union Signal - Ratification Map
  Cover of the Union Signal publication of the national Women's Christian Temperance Union organization. This cover shows the status of ratification of the Susan B. Anthony amendment on a map of the United States.
• The Woman's Club, Beckley
• Suffrage Article
• "Proving Her Fitness" Cartoon
  Cartoon in the Wheeling Intelligencer newspaper.
• "100 Years of Suffrage in West Virginia" Commemorative Poster
  Designed by Eve Faulkes, Professor of Graphic Design, West Virginia University
• "Only a Woman" Cartoon
  Cartoon from the Calhoun Chronicle newspaper.
• Letter from Alice Wadsworth (National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage) to Senator Howard Sutherland
  Letter to Senator Sutherland advising him to vote against the Susan B. Anthony amendment citing state's rights as the reason for opposing the legislation.
• Suffragist Objects Letter to the Editor
  Letter written by a suffragist in response to the "The Ways to Go" Cartoon in the Wheeling Daily Register Newspaper.
• "Misrepresentation" Cartoon
  Cartoon from the Calhoun Chronicle newspaper.
• The Awakening
  Illustration in Puck Magazine depicting women's rising interest in obtaining suffrage moving from western states where woman suffrage was granted at the state level.
• Lenna Lowe Yost
  Lenna Lowe Yost played a leading role in the women’s suffrage movement in West Virginia. A native of Marion County, she became president of the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association in 1916 and oversaw a statewide referendum that year during which West Virginia voters rejected legislation to permit women’s suffrage. Three years later she became chair of the WVESA’s Ratification Committee. Her tireless efforts in this capacity were seen by many as directly responsible for West Virginia’s ratification. In the wake of victory, a group of prominent … reported their views on Yost’s performance to National Women’s Suffrage Association president Carrie Chapman Catt, “Mrs. Yost handling of the situation, as leader in the fight, has been in our judgment, remarkably able.… With rare tact and a soundness of judgment that we have seldom seen equaled, her leadership has brought about a complete victory.” Yost was a truly remarkable woman. In addition to her role in the women’s suffrage movement, she also held positions of leadership with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Federation of Women’s Clubs in West Virginia. She was the first woman member of the WV Board of Education, the first women to hold many positions within the state’s Republican party, and represented the U.S. at two international conferences devoted to fighting alcoholism.
• Anti-Suffrage Campaign Manual
• "Women's Liberty Bell" Cartoon
  Cartoon from the Clarksburg Daily Telegram newspaper.
• NAACP Legislative Scoreboard
  "How Your Congressman Voted on Major Issues Affecting Civil Rights: The NAACP Legislative Scoreboard, 81st Congress, Second Session." Reprinted from the October 1950 issues of THE CRISIS magazine, official organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 20 West 40th Street, New York 18, N.Y.
• Voting Record of Congress
• Vote for Me: West Virginia Political Memorabilia
• Arch Moore for Congress bumper sticker
• Senator Robert C. Byrd campaign button