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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Letter : Ralph O. Brewster, Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League, to Mr. E.N. Merrill, Skowhegan, Maine. March 26, 1917]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961<br />
Johnson, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1930<br />
Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives<br />
Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League of Maine<br />
Merrill, Edward Newton<br />
Milliken, Carl E. (Carl Elias), 1877-1961<br />
Pattangall, William R. (William Robinson), 1865-1942<br />
Referendum<br />
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-<br />
Women--Suffrage--Maine]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Invitation from Ralph Brewster to Edward Newton Merrill, State Senator from Maine and a member of the League&#039;s executive committee, to attend a meeting of the Men&#039;s Equal Suffrage League in the Maine House of Representatives to organize for the upcoming suffrage referendum campaign. The meeting was open to the public.<br />
<br />
In 1917, the Maine Suffrage Amendment was defeated by a vote of 40,000 to 20,000. In 1919, Maine became the third New England state to ratify the federal amendment and when a referendum vote was held, Maine women won the right to vote in presidential elections.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1917-03-26]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[1 p.]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[DOCU.1917.13]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Maine]]></dcterms:coverage>
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