United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women]]>

Submitted by Mr. Gerry W. Hazelton from the Committee on War-Claims made to accompany Bill H.R. 3786. The bill would appropriate $2,000 to Harriet Tubman for services to the Union Army as a scout, spy and nurse. The bill was defeated.]]>
Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women
Saunders, Charles R.
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts]]>
Blake, Lillie Devereux, 1833-1913
Constitutional amendments
Convention
Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898
McRae, Emma Montgomery
Stebbins, Catherine
Saxon, Elizabeth Lyle, 1832-1915
Waite, Jessie
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.]]>
Caption title:

This report includes testimony given on January 24, 1880 by delegates to the Woman Suffrage Convention being held in Washington, D.C.]]>
National American Woman Suffrage Association. Convention
Laidlaw, J. M. (James Maxwell), 1887-
Paul, Alice, 1887-1972
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules
Upton, Harriet Taylor, 1853-1945
Women--Suffrage--Ohio]]>

The first is an account of the House Committee on Rules session where Harriet Taylor Upton, president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, appeared to refute anti-suffragist remarks.

The second mentions a heated discussion around a report made by Alice Paul at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention.]]>
Johnson, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1930
Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives
Men's Equal Suffrage League of Maine
Merrill, Edward Newton
Milliken, Carl E. (Carl Elias), 1877-1961
Pattangall, William R. (William Robinson), 1865-1942
Referendum
Whitehouse, Robert Treat, 1870-
Women--Suffrage--Maine]]>

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.]]>
Holden, Mrs. Amasa A.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Woman's Party
Picketing
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Woman Suffrage
Women--Suffrage--Pennsylvania]]>

In 1917, the National Woman's Party, founded by Alice Paul, targeted the President and Congress by staging protests at the gates of the White House every day to garner nationwide attention on the suffrage movement and fight for a federal suffrage amendment. The nonviolent protests ultimately led to attacks, arrest, imprisonment and force-feeding of the women. The National American Woman Suffrage Association and its affiliates were vocal in condemning the pickets and demonstrating ongoing support of the government and President Wilson.]]>
Rogers, Edith Nourse, 1881-1960
United States. Congress. House of Representatives
Women--Political activity--United States
Women politicians]]>

Edith Nourse Rogers ran for her husband's congressional seat after his death in 1925 and she won the special election. She was re-elected eighteen times, and served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Civil Service Committee. In 1947, she became the ranking Republican member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and served as chair until 1949. Rogers sponsored and helped to draft the 1944 G.I. Bill of Rights, which gave returning World War II veterans the chance to go to college, obtain job training, and receive low-interest loans to purchase homes.]]>
States' rights (American politics)
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary]]>

The first, submitted by the Committee on the Judiciary on December 15, 1916, contains no recommendation on the woman suffrage amendment.

The second, submitted on January 10, 1917, contains the "Views of the Minority" urging passage of the woman suffrage amendment.]]>