Members of the Katherine Gray Club pack canned food into a box during a meeting in 1956. Katherine Gray, along with Hattie Redmond, co-founded the Colored Women’s Equal Suffrage League and worked with Beatrice Cannady to protest the showing of “Birth of a Nation,” the racist 1915 film by D.W. Griffith. She was also the president of the Oregon Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs, which created a club in her honor.

Abigail Scott Duniway (Seated) signing Oregon’s Equal Suffrage Proclamation, November 30, 1912. Behind her are members of the executive and advisory boards of the Oregon Equal Suffrage Association. Governor Oswald West and Dr. Viola M. Coe are standing to her immediate left.

Abigial Scott Duniway (seated) signing Oregon’s Equal Suffrage Proclamation. Standing beside her are Governor Oswald West (r) and President of the Oregon Equal Suffrage Association, Dr. Viola M. Coe (L.). The photograph was taken November 30, 1912 at Dr. Coe’s home. This photograph ran in the Sunday Oregonian on December 1, 1912 with the caption, “snapshot of Mrs. Duniway Presenting certificate of life membership in the suffrage league to governor west.”

A single-paged letted and envelope for a letter written from Abigail Scott Duniway to Mrs. Isaacs. Th letter is on Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association Letterhead.

A letter addressed to “Dear Friend,” from members of the Oregon Equal Suffrage Association asking voters to vote yes on the equal suffrage amendment in the 1906 Oregon elections. The letter is signed by Abigail Scott Duniway, Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe, Charlotte M. Cartwright, Sarah A. Evans, and Esther C. Pohl.

A letter from Abigail Scott Duniway to the editor of the Oregon Agricultural College (O.A.C.) Barometer requesting that they run an appeal to voters in their paper in advance of the 1908 election to vote on an equal suffrage amendment for the state of Oregon. The letter is written on the letterhead for the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association.

Notes from a lecture given by Abigail Scott Duniway in which she reflects on Sacajawea, early white settlement in Oregon, and the importance of equal suffrage for women. The notes are written on the letterhead for the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association.

Notes from a speech given by Abigail Scott Duniway, likely in early 1913. In the speech, Duniway reflects on her experiences as a Pioneer to Oregon and on the successful passage of an equal suffrage initiative for the state of Oregon during the November 12, 1912 election.

The souvenir program given to attendees of a banquet given in honor of Susan B. Anthony at the Hotel Willamette in Salem, Oregon.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. It includes accounts on the impact of equal suffrage by the governors of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. It outlines Presidents Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, and Theodore Roosevelt’s track record in support of equal suffrage. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. It outlines President Theodore Roosevelt’s track record in support of equal suffrage. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. It includes accounts of the successful enfranchisement of women in Colorado. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. It includes excerpts from an account of the success of equal suffrage in Colorado written by Sarah Platt Decker, a resident of Denver. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. It includes an account by Judge Ben Lindsey from Denver, Colorado describing the positive impact of equal suffrage in Colorado. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A leaflet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage. It includes accounts of the success of suffrage in Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming, The last page of the leaflet contains a photograph photograph of Susan B. Anthony and selected quotes from her writings on equal suffrage. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A small, hand-bound volume. The text on the cover reads, “This Book Contains all the Reasons Why Women Should Not Have the Ballot.” All of the remaining pages are intentionally left blank.

Verso of a postcard of a woman in formal dress with a voting district sash leaving her house on election day while a man sits in a chair feeding two young children in a chair. A sign above the man’s head reads, “What is a suffragette without a suffering household?” The note on the verso of the postcard reads, “Dear Mrs. Payne, don’t get insulted about this card. It is all I have to send. I will want ten doz. Eggs anyway if not more. Mrs. R.”

A postcard of a woman in formal dress with a voting district sash leaving her house on election day while a man sits in a chair feeding two young children in a chair. A sign above the man’s head reads, “What is a suffragette without a suffering household?” The note on the verso of the postcard reads, “Dear Mrs. Payne, don’t get insulted about this card. It is all I have to send. I will want ten doz. Eggs anyway if not more. Mrs. R.”

A blank copy of the initiative petition form to add an equal suffrage amendment to the ballot for the 1906 election. The document is one page folded in half, with the initiative text on the front and a blank form for petitioner’s names, addresses, and voter registration information on the back. Condition note: the paper has fully separated at the crease.

A single-page flier produced by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage entitled, “Women of America support the National Suffrage Amendment.” It features a map of the United States indicating where women could legally vote and the number of electoral votes by state.

A letter written to the voting residents of Clackamas County, Oregon encouraging them to vote in support of woman suffrage on the 1908 ballot.

A pamphlet outlining arguments in favor of the 1906 Oregon referendum on equal suffrage.

A double-sided leaflet calling for the 1872 Pacific Slope Woman Suffrage Convention. Page two of the leaflet lists officers of the California State Woman Suffrage Association, Board of Control, and other signing supporters of the convention.

The Campaign Leaflet, Volume 1, Issue 1, featuring a letter in support of woman suffrage written by Abigail Scott Duniway. The document is a single-sheet folded into 4 pages.

A single-page flier produced by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage entitled, “Will the Federal Suffrage Amendment Complicate the Race Problem?” The flier uses population data from the 1910 census to argue that enfranchising women would not increase the proportion of the African American vote.