Documents Project

In the selections below, authors consider newspaper accounts and other primary source documents that address some major themes, people, groups and events in the movement for woman suffrage in Oregon. The entry for the 1912 Oregon Voters' Pamphlet provides an introduction, page images, and a full transcription of the pages comprising the argument for woman suffrage presented by the members of the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association, and the argument against woman suffrage presented by the members of the Oregon State Association Opposed to the Extension of the Suffrage to Women. An introduction provides some suggested themes to consider and ideas about how to interpret primary sources. Additional sections combine a close reading of newspaper articles with secondary source materials to interpret the significance of specific topics and groups in the 1912 suffrage campaign in Oregon. An introductory essay on "Using Newspapers as Primary Sources" discusses the importance of newspaper articles in researching the history of woman suffrage in Oregon and suggests important ways to use these primary sources for analyzing the past. The thematic essays that follow are also linked to news articles posted to this website. Click on the links in the essay or in the "Primary Sources" section at the conclusion of each to read the full newspaper articles.

Suffrage Achieved: A View from the Mid-Willamette Valley

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The 1912 Oregon Voters’ Pamphlet “For” and “Against” Arguments for the Woman Suffrage Ballot Measure

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Using Newspapers as Primary Sources

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Suffrage and Temperance: Differing Perspectives

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Working for Suffrage: The Oregon Labor Community and the Achievement of Woman Suffrage in 1912

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Abigail Scott Duniway’s Birthday Party, October 1912

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Chinese American Woman Suffrage in 1912 Portland

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The Impact of the College Equal Suffrage League on the Oregon Votes for Women Victory in 1912

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The Portland Woman’s Club and the 1912 Campaign

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Stenographers Equal Suffrage League of Oregon in 1912

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Uniquely Oregonian: Everybody’s Equal Suffrage League in 1912

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Oregon’s Colored Women’s Equal Suffrage League and the 1912 Campaign

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Viola (Mrs. Waldo) Coe and Abigail Scott Duniway in the 1912 Oregon Woman Suffrage Campaign

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The Grange and Woman Suffrage in Oregon

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Mass Advertising and Popular Culture: Laying the Foundation for the Win of 1912

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Together We Stand, Divided We Fall: Committee Disagreement in the Oregon 1912 Campaign

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The Anti-Suffrage Movement in Oregon in 1912

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The Men’s Equal Suffrage Club of Multnomah County in 1912

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Portland Equal Suffrage League and the Council of Jewish Women in the 1912 Woman Suffrage Campaign

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Actors and Theater: Bringing Performance to the Political Scene in Portland in 1912

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Equal Suffrage in Eugene, Oregon in 1912

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