Title
Recording Clerk's Card, Military Census, State of New York
Description
Military census card for Mrs. Alice T. Palmer, of Genesee County. The card indicates she will serve 1 day in Corfu, NY.
In an effort to demonstrate their support for the war effort and garner positive attention toward the fight for the right to vote, New York suffragists assembled volunteers for the World War I "military census" of able-bodied men in the county, a process involving surveying 320,000 residents and saving thousands of dollars for the government. While they enrolled people at military depots they distributed suffrage literature.
In an effort to demonstrate their support for the war effort and garner positive attention toward the fight for the right to vote, New York suffragists assembled volunteers for the World War I "military census" of able-bodied men in the county, a process involving surveying 320,000 residents and saving thousands of dollars for the government. While they enrolled people at military depots they distributed suffrage literature.
Date
[Circa 1917]
Subject
New York (State). Military Census Bureau
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Palmer, Alice T.
United States--New York--Corfu
Women--Suffrage--New York
World War, 1914-1918
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Palmer, Alice T.
United States--New York--Corfu
Women--Suffrage--New York
World War, 1914-1918
Creator
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Publisher
New York : New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Language
English
URL
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/01/nyregion/1917-when-women-won-right-to-vote.html
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