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This collection contains four original, mostly handwritten documents from Mexico pertaining to civil marriage arrangements. Collection materials are in Spanish; Castilian.

Abstract The women’s suffrage movement in the United States began in the mid-1800s and lasted nearly a century until the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on August 26, 1920, enfranchising all American women. This collection contains postcards, photographs, and other ephemera related to the women’s suffrage movement. While the bulk of the materials relate to activities in the United States, there are also postcards and ephemera relating to suffragist movements in England, Germany,...

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Lyle Elizabeth Ford Drushel (1888-1985) attended the University of Puget Sound as a student from 1907 to 1912 and served as Puget Sound's Dean of Women from 1932 to 1953. The Lyle Ford Drushel papers include a scrapbook created by Lyle Ford during her time as a student at the University of Puget Sound and her personal copy of the 1939 "Tamanawas" yearbook, which was dedicated to her as Dean of Women.

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The Gender and Queer Studies Program at the University of Puget Sound began as the Women's Studies Program in 1972. These records include program materials such as correspondence, course offerings, budgets, reports, and surveys as well as research and resources collected by program coordinators. The bulk of the records are from the Women’s Studies Program (1972-2005) before it underwent its transition to Gender Studies and then Gender and Queer Studies, as it is known today.

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The Union Women’s Alliance to Gain Equality (Union W.A.G.E.) was a politically non-partisan organization of women trade unionists organized to fight discrimination on the job, in unions, and in society. This item is a 31-page booklet titled "Labor Heroines: Ten Women Who Led The STRUGGLE," by Joyce Maupin, published by the Union W.A.G.E. Educational Committee in Berkeley, California in 1974.

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The Ken & Rochelle Monner collection of Shereen LaPlantz book structures features more than 100 artists’ books created by Shereen LaPlantz (1947-2003), an internationally recognized artist, author, and teacher. Showcasing a myriad of book structures, from innovative modifications of classic bindings to her own creations, this collection contains many book structures shown as examples depicted in LaPlantz’s instructive books about book arts.

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This item is a single leaf flyer advertising the "Parade for Peace," printed by the Woman's Peace Parade Committee in 1914. The Parade for Peace marked the first direct action tactic, such as public demonstration, utilized by a peace organization in the United States. It is viewed as the beginning of the modern peace movement.

Abstract The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry was founded in 1867 and is the oldest agricultural advocacy group in the United States. The Grange was a driving force behind some of the most progressive legislation in the United States in the early twentieth century, including the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. This item is a pamphlet titled "The National Grange in Favour of Votes for Women," which endorses women's suffrage and includes...

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This pamphlet, "What President Wilson Says," was published in 1917 by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party and includes quotes by President Woodrow Wilson in support of women's suffrage.