I have a copy of a 1905 brochure for the Alliance Bank of Rochester for its women's department entitled "Bank Notes for Women." I am curious in whether there is an implied connection to women's suffrage-- the title rhymes with "Votes for Women" (and is not the most obvious title for a pamphlet on women and banking), employs the color yellow in the design (an art nouveau rendering of vase with flowers [much of suffrage ephemera used art nouveau and yellow was a favored color in the US]), and is for a part of the state that in the mid-19th century had seen support for women's vote. Using women's suffrage to sell items ranging from cereal to clothing was common in the early 20th century and the connection (if there) between the department and suffrge is sufficiently tenuous that it probably would not have alienated wealthy women opposed to suffrage [whom the department would have also wished for as customers]. I know that the 1915 referendum in New York is defeated and women don't get the vote in NY until 1917. Does anyone know anything about Rochester politics, the history of the Alliance Bank (now linked to Chase Manhattan as the consequence of several mergers), or suffrage in New York state, to suggest that the connection is or is not plausible. I am also consulting with those who are more familiar with suffrage iconography, but I thought the New York angle was worth exploring. Thanks, Nancy Robertson IUPUI