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Votes without leverage : women in
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Treacherous texts : U.S. suffrage literature, 1846-1946
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608:"The 1883 Imperial Flats -- Nos. 55-57 East 76th Street"
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908:"Women Win the Right to Vote in New York State"
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969:. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. xix
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1025:The Education of the Woman Citizen, 1917-1918
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551:. No. 493. July 31, 1889
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1160:"A letter to the President"
966:Your vote and how to use it
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798:Your Vote and How to Use It
794:Your Vote and How to Use It
634:"Woman Suffrage Study Club"
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