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"Memorial" Women Petition for the Right to Vote in D.C. January 25, 1876 U.S. Senate 44th Congress Official Imprint
January 25, 1876-Dated Centennial Year of American Independence, United States Senate Imprint titled: "Memorial of Women, Citizens of the United States Asking for The Establishment of a Government in the District of Columbia Which Shall Secure to Women the Right to Vote.", Choice Crisp Near Mint.
This is the historic official "Memorial" Imprint, printed by the 44th U.S. Senate, in which some of the most famous fighters for Women's Rights added their names. This straight forward request having 2 pages (printed on one sheet front and back), measuring about 9" x 5.25", crisp never folded and very clean. In this Memorial, the signatories noted how the 14th Amendment conferred Citizenship to Women, but that legislation was required to give them full Voting Rights. It reads, in part:
"Whereas the Congress of the United States is the legislative body having exclusive jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, and in enfranchising the colored man and refusing to enfranchise any woman, white or colored, made an unjust discrimination against sex, and did not give the intelligence and moral power of the citizens of said District a fair opportunity for expression at the polls...".
Among the fifteen names of the supporters of this memorial are he likes of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. Unfortunately, these women failed to sway the Senate and the Congress. Rather, women were left to wait until August 20, 1920 to final gain the right to vote. This is an exceptional document from the early years of the fight for women's suffrage.
KEYWORDS:
Suffrage, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,