An appeal to the women of the United States by the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, Washington, D.C.

Title

An appeal to the women of the United States by the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, Washington, D.C.

Subject

Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
Women -- Suffrage.

Description

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 Appeal contains a "Declaration and Pledge of the Women of the United States concerning their Right to and their Use of the Elective Franchise," which opens:
"We, the undersigned, believing that the sacred rights and privileges of citizenship in this Republic were guaranteed to us by the original Constitution, and that these rights are confirmed and more clearly established by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, so that we can no longer refuse solemn responsibilities thereof, do hereby pledge ourselves to accept the duties of the franchise in our several States, so soon as all legal restrictions are removed."

Creator

National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, Washington, D.C.

Publisher

Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Printers

Date

1871

Type

Pamphlet

Identifier

JK1896 .N25 1871

Files

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Citation

National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, Washington, D.C., “An appeal to the women of the United States by the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, Washington, D.C.,” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed March 28, 2024, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/100.