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VOTES for WOMEN:


  Vassar and the Politics of Women's Suffrage

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Early Vassar

Photograph of Matthew Vassar (approximately 1865-1866)

A Rising Activism

Photograph of Lucy Maynard Salmon (approximately 1900)

A Suffrage Movement at High Tide

Photograph, Vassar Socialists (Eleanor Taylor, Frances Wood, Katrina Brewster, Marjorie Jones, Gertrude Falkes; all Class of 1916), (March 1916)

Toward the Suffrage Amendment

Photograph Inez Milholland (Class of 1909) on horse (1913)

After the Nineteenth

Photo, Vassar students in voting course (between 1924 and 1930)

Essay

by Miriam Cohen, Evalyn Clark Professor of History, Vassar College
Mary Culver Pollack (Class of 1917) letter (22 September 1915) and envelope w. "Votes for Women" sticker

Acknowledgements

Many people deserve thanks for helping to make this exhibition possible. In particular, I would like to thank Miriam Cohen, Evalyn Clark Professor of History, who, in addition to contributing her essay, provided many helpful suggestions and insights; Ronald Patkus, Associate Director of the Libraries for Special Collections, who provided valuable guidance; Nicole H. Scalessa, Head of Digital Scholarship and Technology Services, who created the exhibition website; Sharyn Cadogan, Digital Production Manager, who produced the images; and George Laws, Publications Director and Graphic Designer, who designed the exhibition booklet. 

~ Mark Seidl, Exhibition Curator

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