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PERI-1913-07 Life Tullia 1913-0515.jpg
Clipping from an issue of Life Magazine shows a large group of women carrying "Votes for Women" signs racing into a room as a group of male legislators retreat.

The title, "Tullia" is a reference to Tullia Minor, the last queen of Rome who helped…

PERI-1908-07 Women Urge.jpg
News account of the supporters and opposition present at the hearing in Albany, New York on the constitutional amendment that would strike the word "male" from the provision regarding the right to vote.

PERI-1913-12 Great Jubilee.jpg
Article about the Illinois General Assembly granting women partial suffrage. On June 11, 1913, Illinois granted women the right to vote for presidential electors, mayor, and for all local offices not specifically named in the Illinois Constitution.…
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