out that in suffrage states the age of consent was higher, the illiteracy rate was lower, women were paid more for civil service jobs, and there were stronger child labor laws. See also Progressivism Notes External links Maud Nathan Papers.Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. 1862 births 1946 deaths American pacifists American social workers American suffragists American community activists Community building 19th-century Sephardi Jews 20th-century Sephardi Jews American people of Portuguese-Jewish descent Jewish feminists American Sephardic Jews Education activists Activists from New York City Jewish suffragists