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The '''Men's League for Women's Suffrage''' was a society formed in 1907<ref name="nwm1">{{cite web | url=https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/rightsforwomen/menforsuffrage.html | title=Men Support the Woman Suffrage Movement | publisher=National Women's History Museum | work=Rights for Women: The Suffrage Movement and Its Leaders | date=2007 | accessdate=16 April 2015}}</ref> by the [[left-wing]] writers [[Henry Brailsford]], [[Max Eastman]], [[Laurence Housman]], [[Henry Nevinson]] and others to pursue [[women's suffrage]] in the [[United States of America]]. Organizations were established in specific states, including [[New York]].<ref name="loc1">{{cite book | url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/rbcmillerbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(rbcmiller002561)) | title=Men's League for Women's Suffrage: Constitution and Charter Members | author=Men's League for Women's Suffrage | year=1910 | location=New York}}</ref> By 1912, the organization was estimated to have 20,000 members nationwide.<ref name="loc1" /> |
The '''Men's League for Women's Suffrage''' was a society formed in 1907<ref name="nwm1">{{cite web | url=https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/rightsforwomen/menforsuffrage.html | title=Men Support the Woman Suffrage Movement | publisher=National Women's History Museum | work=Rights for Women: The Suffrage Movement and Its Leaders | date=2007 | accessdate=16 April 2015}}</ref> by the [[left-wing]] writers [[Henry Brailsford]], [[Max Eastman]], [[Laurence Housman]], [[Henry Nevinson]] and others to pursue [[women's suffrage]] in the [[United States of America]]. Organizations were established in specific states, including [[New York]].<ref name="loc1">{{cite book | url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/rbcmillerbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(rbcmiller002561)) | title=Men's League for Women's Suffrage: Constitution and Charter Members | author=Men's League for Women's Suffrage | year=1910 | location=New York}}</ref> By 1912, the organization was estimated to have 20,000 members nationwide.<ref name="loc1" /> |
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The establishment of the organization came during a rise of similar organizations for men advocating [[women's suffrage]]. Eastman, a key leader in establishing the League in New York, also served as President of the Men's Equal Suffrage League in his state.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibits/suffrage/speakers2.html#men | title=The Suffrage Cause and Bryn Mawr - More Speakers | publisher=Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections | accessdate=16 April 2015}}</ref> |
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==Structure== |
==Structure== |
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In the New York organization, the League was headed by a president, at least five vice presidents, a secretary, and a [[treasurer]].<ref name="loc1" /> |
In the New York organization, the League was headed by a president, at least five vice presidents, a secretary, and a [[treasurer]].<ref name="loc1" /> |
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==Advocacy== |
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== See also == |
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*[[Women's Social and Political Union]], which included male members in the "Men’s Political Union." |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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The Men's League for Women's Suffrage was a society formed in 1907[1] by the left-wing writers Henry Brailsford, Max Eastman, Laurence Housman, Henry Nevinson and others to pursue women's suffrage in the United States of America. Organizations were established in specific states, including New York.[2] By 1912, the organization was estimated to have 20,000 members nationwide.[2]
The establishment of the organization came during a rise of similar organizations for men advocating women's suffrage. Eastman, a key leader in establishing the League in New York, also served as President of the Men's Equal Suffrage League in his state.[3]
Structure
In the New York organization, the League was headed by a president, at least five vice presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer.[2]
Advocacy
See also
- Women's Social and Political Union, which included male members in the "Men’s Political Union."
External links
References
- ^ "Men Support the Woman Suffrage Movement". Rights for Women: The Suffrage Movement and Its Leaders. National Women's History Museum. 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Men's League for Women's Suffrage (1910). Men's League for Women's Suffrage: Constitution and Charter Members. New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "The Suffrage Cause and Bryn Mawr - More Speakers". Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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