Description: This photograph shows a group of members of the League of Women Voters of Ohio before a 1921 charter election. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_1921CharterElection
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Political campaigns; Elections
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio);
 

Description: John Glenn stands at a podium with microphones. His son, John David Glenn, and wife, Annie Glenn stand nearby. The caption reads "John Glenn PROJECTED SENATE WINNER". The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B02F01_02
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Political campaigns
 

Description: This poster urges voters to register to vote against the right to work amendment. The "right to work" amendment proposed to the Ohio Constitution in 1958 stipulated that no person could be denied, or excluded from, employment due to membership or non-membership in a labor organization. This placed legal limitations on union security agreements. A vigorous lobbying campaign by the AFL-CIO helped to overwhelmingly defeat the Republican Ohio Assembly's bid to pass the amendment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS758
Subjects: Labor unions -- Ohio; Political campaigns; Voting; Legislation;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This broadside, created by the Hamilton County Prohibition Headquarters of Cincinnati in 1883, urges the men of Ohio to vote affirmatively on election day for the two Ohio constitutional amendments dealing with the prohibition of intoxicating liquors. In 1883, Charles Foster, Ohio's governor, encouraged the state legislature to submit two constitutional amendments to Ohio voters for approval. Foster was a member of the Republican Party, and Republicans also controlled the legislature. Republicans generally supported legislation designed to limit alcohol consumption. These amendments would permit individual communities to decide whether or not to allow liquor sales and consumption. They also allowed government entities to tax the transportation and the sale of alcohol. The Women's Christian Temperance Union played a major role in trying to secure adoption of these amendments, covering Ohio's communities with temperance tracts. One supporter claimed that the organization had "sowed Ohio streets knee deep" with these tracts. Despite their efforts, Ohio voters, by a narrow margin, failed to endorse these amendments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1689
Subjects: Prohibition; Temperance--History; Legislation; Political campaigns; Constitutional amendments;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph taken by Joe Munroe of Eugene McCarthy as he campaigns for the presidential nomination of the Democratic party. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B33_F2325_JPG308
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Political campaigns; Politicians; Presidential elections; Presidential candidates.
Places: California
 

Description: A photograph taken by Joe Munroe of Eugene McCarthy as he campaigns for the presidential nomination of the Democratic party, speaking before a large crowd. Joe Munroe's career began in 1939 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then joined Cincinnati-based Farm Quarterly magazine. Though raised in Detroit, agriculture became an important subject of Joe's photographs. He moved to California in 1955 and free-lanced, taking magazine assignments and selling his own work. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P400_B33_F2325_JPG309
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Political campaigns; Politicians; Presidential elections; Presidential candidates.
Places: Berkeley (California)
 

Description: Ohio State Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson, Ohio Lieutenant Governor Dick Celeste, Ohio Governor John Gilligan, Ohio State Treasurer Gertrude Donahey, U.S. Senator John Glenn and Ohio State Senator Tony P. Hall stand together for a photograph ca. 1975. A portrait of George Washington, a U.S. seal and a U.S. flag can be partially seen in the background. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B02F01_01A
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Gilligan, John J. (John Joyce), 1921-2013; Political campaigns
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows a Halloween "smoke in" taking place on the Oval at the Ohio State University, in favor of marijuana legalization. A note on the back indicates that Steve Conliff, a Yippie organizer and political activist, can be seen as he announces his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Earlier this year, Conliff had achieved notoriety when he threw a pie at Ohio Governor James Rhodes on the opening day of the Ohio State Fair. His tongue-in-cheek run for the nomination was on an anti-war, anti-capitalist and pro-marijuana platform. The photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F03_03
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Social movements; Demonstrations; Political campaigns; Marijuana;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the so-called Dresden ball, labeled as the Brown Wagon in the photograph, featuring a ball on an axis on which it can rotate, mounted on a wagon. There are two portraits of politicians, possibly Benjamin Harrison and his running mate in the 1888 presidential election, Levi Morton. A log cabin is pictured below, and states listed beneath include Indiana, Maine, Alabama, California, and Connecticut. Writing on the wagon reads "This wagon presented by employe[e]s of Brown Mfg. Co. Zanesville, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B07F05_01
Subjects: Zanesville (Ohio); Political campaigns; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Wagons
Places: Lowell (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: A crowd gathers for a rally on the campus of the Ohio State University in response to the arrest of 42 area residents on marijuana-related charges. Large banners read "Free the 42." This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F03_02
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Social movements; Demonstrations; Political campaigns; Marijuana;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Card promoting Viola D. Romans as a Republican candidate for state representative from Franklin County, 1924. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00161
Subjects: Ohio. General Assembly--Officials and employees; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Political campaigns
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A group of activists gathers for a pro-marijuana demonstration, holding a large banner reading "Police Out of Pot; Out of Our Lives." This photograph was taken for publication in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F03_01
Subjects: Protests and protestors; Social movements; Demonstrations; Political campaigns; Marijuana;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)