Woman suffrage headquarters in Upper Euclid Avenue, Cleveland–A. (at extreme right) is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters; B. is Judge Florence E. Allen (holding the flag); C. is Mrs. Malcolm McBride.
Historically a number of men have engaged with feminism. Philosopher Jeremy Bentham demanded equal rights for women in the eighteenth century. In 1866, philosopher John Stuart Mill (author of “The Subjection of Women”) presented a women’s petition to the British parliament; and supported an amendment to the 1867 Reform Bill. Others have lobbied and campaigned against feminism. Today, academics like Michael Flood, Michael Messner and Michael Kimmel are involved with men’s studies and pro-feminism.
Other men have campaigned against feminism. During the suffragettes‘ campaign anti-suffragists numbered 160 in 1902 in Britain. In New York, the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage was founded in 1897, and by 1908 it had over 90 members. – Wikipedia – Feminism
Love the ghost signs on the sides of old buildings! Curious where these shots of Cleveland (are they both?) women suffrage headquarters came from (and how they relate to faded commercial signage).
Hey Bill-
The first photo identifies the address as Upper Euclid Avenue. I wouldn’t have known where that was at the time I posted this piece but have since gone to Cleveland on our cross-country trip this past summer. Here are some of the Cleveland shots we took. Most of them deal with ads but not all. Here are some more links I found dealing with Ohio’s suffrage movement:
WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS – Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library
Cleveland Memory
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