"Votes for Women" pledge form.
[Suffrage, NY]. Pledge Form: “Votes for Women.” Buffalo, New York: Eighth Campaign District, 1915.
Pledge form: 5 x 3”; bright gold printed black (one side only); near fine.
The bright gold of the pledge form is the official color of the NAWSA and likely the form was printed and issued by an affiliate. The pledge form declares: “I will vote for the Woman Suffrage Amendment November Second, 1915” with space for the voter’s name (“Mr. __________ ) and address below. Beneath is the legend, “I believe in votes for women” with space for a “Mrs.” or “Miss” to sign her name and address. The 1915 referendum in New York was the first time the issue of the enfranchisement of women had come before New York voters; and, while the amendment went down to defeat, suffrage organizers gained experience which they put to good use in the successful 1917 campaign. Pro suffrage groups gathered support through pledge forms in that campaign as well (though those we have seen are, interestingly, gender-blind). Such campaign ephemera is, of course, highly vulnerable and far from common.
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