[Broadside:] "'Woman Suffrage Co-Equal with Man Suffrage.' (Quoted from the Platform of Principles of the American Federation of Labor)."

New York Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York, [n.d., ca. 1910]. This broadside was issued by the Woman Suffrage Party to demonstrate solidarity between the labor movement and suffragists. Quotes by three labor leaders are printed here, including one by UK Labour Party founder Keir Hardie that reads, "I would advise all the Workers of America to work for Woman Suffrage…My message to them is COURAGE." Another quote by American Federation of Labor president Samuel Gompers reads, "I am for unqualified woman suffrage as a matter of human justice…MEN would feel that they were used badly if they did not have that right, and WOMEN naturally feel the same." . Sheet of purple paper toned at edges. . 7 x 9 in. Chip missing from top edge (touching a couple letters but not affecting meaning). Mounted on a larger piece of blue paper with adhesive at corners. A good copy of a rare and fragile item. The work exemplifies the efforts of the Woman Suffrage Party (WSP) to build solidarity with other political movements. The WSP was founded in New York by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1909 as a union of suffrage organizations in the city. The WSP was notable for its broad campaign that brought in women from immigrant and working-class backgrounds, Black and Chinese women, and Catholics. In 1917, women gained the right to vote in New York, and the WSP helped women exercise their voting rights through education, literacy efforts, and helping immigrant women gain citizenship.