An appeal to the women of the United States by the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, Washington, D.C. 1871
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
Bowen, Mary B.
Constitutional amendments
Davis, Paulina W. (Paulina Wright), 1813-1876
Denison, Ruth C.
Griffing, Josephine W. (Josephine White), 1814-1872
Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907
Women--United States--Political activity
This appeal urges women to demand equal rights and argues that women were already enfranchised with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments.
The National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee was created to coordinate the fight for women's rights through the country, distribute publications to assist in those efforts, and appeal for donations for a printing fund.
The committee was comprised of Isabella Beecher Hooker, President; Josephine S. Griffing, Secretary; Mary B. Bowen, Treasurer; Paulina Wright Davis; Ruth Carr Denison; and Susan B. Anthony.
National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee
Hartford, Conn. : Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Printers
1871
4 p.
English
ALMS.1871.03
Washington, D.C.
Pamphlet : A history of the National Woman's Rights Movement, for twenty years, with the proceedings of the decade meeting held at Apollo Hall, October 20, 1870, from 1850 to 1870, with an appendix containing the history of the movement during the winter of 1871, in the national capitol. 1871
Apollo Hall (New York, N.Y.)
Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898
Martin, Victoria Claflin Woodhull, 1838-1927
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
Women--Suffrage--History
This pamphlet includes speeches by Matilda Joselyn Gage and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and an appendix including information on actions taken since the convention, including the memorial of Victoria Woodhull to Congress on December 19, 1870, and her "Great Secession" speech before the National Woman's Suffrage Convention at Apollo Hall on May 11, 1871.
Davis, Paulina Wright, 1813-1876
Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927
New York, Journeymen Printers' Co-operative Association
1871
119, [5], 28 p.
English
DOCU.1871.04