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CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS
National Woman Suffrage Association,
Pres., ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, N. J.
First Vice-Pres., LUCRETIA MOTT, Pa.
Chair, Ex. Com., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, N. Y.
Cor. Sec'y, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, N. Y.
1876
Rochester, Oct. 22, 1876
Thomas C. Powell
Dear Sir
Yours of the 5th inst has been neglected too long- I enclose a slip from the Laramie Sentinel- whose Editor John Heyford- has lived in Wyoming from the first- There are nor mere- no reasons for Women Suffrage in that Territory- not equally good & urgent in this state & entire nation- The true position is Suffrage a National right - guaranteed to the U. S. citizen by the Constitution as a U. S. citizen's right, not to be denied by any state, or Territory, except for crime, idiocy, lunacy or infancy-
National Woman Suffrage Association,
Pres., ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, N. J.
First Vice-Pres., LUCRETIA MOTT, Pa.
Chair, Ex. Com., MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, N. Y.
Cor. Sec'y, SUSAN B. ANTHONY, N. Y.
1876
Rochester, Oct. 22, 1876
Thomas C. Powell
Dear Sir
Yours of the 5th inst has been neglected too long- I enclose a slip from the Laramie Sentinel- whose Editor John Heyford- has lived in Wyoming from the first- There are nor mere- no reasons for Women Suffrage in that Territory- not equally good & urgent in this state & entire nation- The true position is Suffrage a National right - guaranteed to the U. S. citizen by the Constitution as a U. S. citizen's right, not to be denied by any state, or Territory, except for crime, idiocy, lunacy or infancy-
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Because of my United States citizenship I am entitled to a voice in the government of the nation, the state, the county, the town & the city in which I chance to reside- We citizens right to vote as well his right to vote as well as his right to freedom must be guaranteed by the National Constitution - and I hope you will see this point & thus urge it in your debates- - and when you shall see a form of petition to Congress for a 16th Amendment I hope you will circulate it and collect a great many names-
Respectfully yours
Susan B. Anthony
Respectfully yours
Susan B. Anthony
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CONSTITUTION
OF THE
National Woman Suffrage Association
ARTICLE 1. —This organization shall be called the National Woman Suffrage Association.
ARTICLE 2. —The object of this Association shall be to secure STATE and NATIONAL protection for women citizens in the exercise of their right to vote.
ARTICLE 3. -All citizens of the United States subscribing to this Constitution, and contributing not less than one dollar annually, shall be considered members of the Assocition, with the right to participate in its deliberations.
ARTICLE 4. —The officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice-President from each of the States and Territories, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, a Treasurer, an Executive Committee of not less than five, and an Advisory Committee consisting of one person from each State and Territory.
ARTICLE 5. —All Woman Suffrage Societies throughout the country shall be welcomed as auxiliaries; and their accredited officers or duly appointed representatives shall be recognized as members of the National Association.
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
President,
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y.
Vice-Presidents,
Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia, Penn.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Tenafly, N. J.
Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford, Ct.
Martha C. Wright, Auburn, N. Y.
Jane Voorhees Leslie, New Castle, Del.
Lavinia S. Dundore, Baltimore, Md.
Paulina W. Davis, Providence R. I.
Sarah A. Yibbard, East Boston, Mass.
Mrs. E. W. Willard, Montpelier, Vt.
Abbie P. Ela, Rochester, N. H.
Lucy A. Snowe, Rockland, Me.
Elizabeth Coit, Columbus, Ohio.
Catherine F. Stebbins, Detroit, Mich.
Mary F. Thomas, Richmond, Ind.
Harriet S. Brooks, Chicago, Ill.
Mathilde Anneke, Milwaukee, Wis.
Fannie Eldridge Russell, Silver Lake, Minn.
Annie C. Savery, Des Moines, Iowa.
Frances Miner, St. Louis, Mo.
Eliz. Avery Meriwether, Memphis, Tenn.
Ruth C. Denison, Washington, D. C.
Anna W. Bodeker, Richmond, Va.
Ada Gregg, Wheeling, West Va.
Mary Brown, Ashville, N. Carolina.
Frances Anne Pillsbury, Charleston, S. C.
Emma Barber, Lexington, Ky.
Flora McMartin Wright, Pulatki, Fla.
Mary Spaulding, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs. P. Holmes Drake, Mt. Hope, Ala.
Emily P. Collins, New Orleans, La.
Mrs. W. V. Tunstall, Palestine Texas.
Elizabeth B. Schenck, San Francisco, Cal.
Hannah H. Clapp, Carson City, Nevada.
Julia Brown Bemis, Omaha, Nebraska.
Clarinda I. H. Nichols, Wyandotte, Kan.
Mary McCook, Denver, Colorado.
Sarah Stenhouse, Salt Lake, Utah.
Mary P. Sawtelle, Salem, Oregon.
Mary O. Brown, Seattle, Wash. Ter.
Mary B. Post, Cheyenne, Wyoming Ter.
Advisory Committee.
Ernestine L. Rose, New York.
Helen P. Jenkens, Pittsburg, Penn.
Deborah W. Butler, Vineland, N. J.
Ellen M. Harris, Baltimore, Md.
M. Victor, Sturgis, Mich.
Belva A. Lockwood, Washington, D. C.
Ann T. Greely, Ellsworth, Me.
Mary B. Moses, Great Falls, N. H.
Emma Farrand Elkin, Fairfield, Vt.
Sarah Southwick, Grantville, Mass.
Lucy R. Elmes, Derby, Ct.
Mrs. W. F. Channing, Providence, R. I.
Susan A. Richardson, Earlville, Ill.
Eliza D. Stewart, Springfield, O.
Mrs. Dr. Wilhite, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Mrs. J. W. Allen, Ripon, Wis.
Mrs. E. Berger Stearns, Rochester, Minn.
Belle Mansfield, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Mrs. J. C. Underwood, Alexandria, Va.
Mrs. E. J. Kirby, Pendleton, S. C.
Phoebe W. Couzens, St. Louis, Mo.
Ann L. Quinby, Newport, Ky.
Mrs. N. H. Cramer, Nashville, Tenn.
Hannah M. Rogers, Magnolia, Florida.
Mrs. A. Millspaugh, Washington, La.
Mrs. S. N. Wood, Montague, Texas.
Lizzie C. Aughey, Dakotah City, Neb.
Helen E. Starrett, Lawrence, Kan.
Mrs. M. H. Arnold, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Mary Godbe, Salt Lake, Utah.
Emily Pitts Stevens, San Francisco, Cal.
Charlotte Baker, Virginia City, Nev.
Mrs. J. Hayford, Laramie City, Wyoming.
Mrs. W. A. Whiting, Central City, Col.
Amelia Giddings, Olympia, Wash. Ter.
Secretaries.
Corresponding—Jane Graham Jones, Chicago, Ill.
Foreign Corresponding—Laura Curtis Bullard, New York.
Recording—Mary F. Davis, Orange, N. J.
Treasurer, - - - - - - - - - Ellen C. Sargent, Washington, D. C.
Executive Committee.
MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Chairman, Fayetteville, N. Y.
Mathilde F. Wendt, New York.
Laura De Force Gordon, Stockton, Cal.
A. Jane Dunning, Portland, Oregon.
Sarah Pugh, Germantown, Pa.
Nannetta B. Gardner, Detroit, Mich.
Lillie Deveraux Blake, New York.
Charlotte B. Wilbour, New York.
Elizabeth E. Loomis, Chicago, 111.
We propose to make a vigorous campaign of WOMAN SUFFRAGE MASS MEETINGS, with our ablest speakers, during September and October, and earnestly solicit our members and friends to forward contributions in aid thereof to the Chair. Ex. Committee, MRS. M. JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, Onondaga Co., N. Y.
OF THE
National Woman Suffrage Association
ARTICLE 1. —This organization shall be called the National Woman Suffrage Association.
ARTICLE 2. —The object of this Association shall be to secure STATE and NATIONAL protection for women citizens in the exercise of their right to vote.
ARTICLE 3. -All citizens of the United States subscribing to this Constitution, and contributing not less than one dollar annually, shall be considered members of the Assocition, with the right to participate in its deliberations.
ARTICLE 4. —The officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice-President from each of the States and Territories, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, a Treasurer, an Executive Committee of not less than five, and an Advisory Committee consisting of one person from each State and Territory.
ARTICLE 5. —All Woman Suffrage Societies throughout the country shall be welcomed as auxiliaries; and their accredited officers or duly appointed representatives shall be recognized as members of the National Association.
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
President,
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Rochester, N. Y.
Vice-Presidents,
Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia, Penn.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Tenafly, N. J.
Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford, Ct.
Martha C. Wright, Auburn, N. Y.
Jane Voorhees Leslie, New Castle, Del.
Lavinia S. Dundore, Baltimore, Md.
Paulina W. Davis, Providence R. I.
Sarah A. Yibbard, East Boston, Mass.
Mrs. E. W. Willard, Montpelier, Vt.
Abbie P. Ela, Rochester, N. H.
Lucy A. Snowe, Rockland, Me.
Elizabeth Coit, Columbus, Ohio.
Catherine F. Stebbins, Detroit, Mich.
Mary F. Thomas, Richmond, Ind.
Harriet S. Brooks, Chicago, Ill.
Mathilde Anneke, Milwaukee, Wis.
Fannie Eldridge Russell, Silver Lake, Minn.
Annie C. Savery, Des Moines, Iowa.
Frances Miner, St. Louis, Mo.
Eliz. Avery Meriwether, Memphis, Tenn.
Ruth C. Denison, Washington, D. C.
Anna W. Bodeker, Richmond, Va.
Ada Gregg, Wheeling, West Va.
Mary Brown, Ashville, N. Carolina.
Frances Anne Pillsbury, Charleston, S. C.
Emma Barber, Lexington, Ky.
Flora McMartin Wright, Pulatki, Fla.
Mary Spaulding, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs. P. Holmes Drake, Mt. Hope, Ala.
Emily P. Collins, New Orleans, La.
Mrs. W. V. Tunstall, Palestine Texas.
Elizabeth B. Schenck, San Francisco, Cal.
Hannah H. Clapp, Carson City, Nevada.
Julia Brown Bemis, Omaha, Nebraska.
Clarinda I. H. Nichols, Wyandotte, Kan.
Mary McCook, Denver, Colorado.
Sarah Stenhouse, Salt Lake, Utah.
Mary P. Sawtelle, Salem, Oregon.
Mary O. Brown, Seattle, Wash. Ter.
Mary B. Post, Cheyenne, Wyoming Ter.
Advisory Committee.
Ernestine L. Rose, New York.
Helen P. Jenkens, Pittsburg, Penn.
Deborah W. Butler, Vineland, N. J.
Ellen M. Harris, Baltimore, Md.
M. Victor, Sturgis, Mich.
Belva A. Lockwood, Washington, D. C.
Ann T. Greely, Ellsworth, Me.
Mary B. Moses, Great Falls, N. H.
Emma Farrand Elkin, Fairfield, Vt.
Sarah Southwick, Grantville, Mass.
Lucy R. Elmes, Derby, Ct.
Mrs. W. F. Channing, Providence, R. I.
Susan A. Richardson, Earlville, Ill.
Eliza D. Stewart, Springfield, O.
Mrs. Dr. Wilhite, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Mrs. J. W. Allen, Ripon, Wis.
Mrs. E. Berger Stearns, Rochester, Minn.
Belle Mansfield, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Mrs. J. C. Underwood, Alexandria, Va.
Mrs. E. J. Kirby, Pendleton, S. C.
Phoebe W. Couzens, St. Louis, Mo.
Ann L. Quinby, Newport, Ky.
Mrs. N. H. Cramer, Nashville, Tenn.
Hannah M. Rogers, Magnolia, Florida.
Mrs. A. Millspaugh, Washington, La.
Mrs. S. N. Wood, Montague, Texas.
Lizzie C. Aughey, Dakotah City, Neb.
Helen E. Starrett, Lawrence, Kan.
Mrs. M. H. Arnold, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Mary Godbe, Salt Lake, Utah.
Emily Pitts Stevens, San Francisco, Cal.
Charlotte Baker, Virginia City, Nev.
Mrs. J. Hayford, Laramie City, Wyoming.
Mrs. W. A. Whiting, Central City, Col.
Amelia Giddings, Olympia, Wash. Ter.
Secretaries.
Corresponding—Jane Graham Jones, Chicago, Ill.
Foreign Corresponding—Laura Curtis Bullard, New York.
Recording—Mary F. Davis, Orange, N. J.
Treasurer, - - - - - - - - - Ellen C. Sargent, Washington, D. C.
Executive Committee.
MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE, Chairman, Fayetteville, N. Y.
Mathilde F. Wendt, New York.
Laura De Force Gordon, Stockton, Cal.
A. Jane Dunning, Portland, Oregon.
Sarah Pugh, Germantown, Pa.
Nannetta B. Gardner, Detroit, Mich.
Lillie Deveraux Blake, New York.
Charlotte B. Wilbour, New York.
Elizabeth E. Loomis, Chicago, 111.
We propose to make a vigorous campaign of WOMAN SUFFRAGE MASS MEETINGS, with our ablest speakers, during September and October, and earnestly solicit our members and friends to forward contributions in aid thereof to the Chair. Ex. Committee, MRS. M. JOSLYN GAGE, Fayetteville, Onondaga Co., N. Y.
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Alma Lutz Collection
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CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS
National Woman Suffrage Association,
1876
Rochester, Oct. 22, 1876
Thomas C. Powell
Dear Sir
Yours of the 5th inst has been neglected too long- I enclose a slip from the Laramie Sentinel- whose Editor John Heyford- has lived in Wyoming from the first- There are nor mere- no reasons for Women Suffrage in that Territory- not equally good & urgent in this state & entire nation- The true position is Suffrage a National right - guaranteed to the U. S. citizen by the Constitution as a U. S. citizen's right, not to be denied by any state, or Territory, except for crime, idiocy, lunacy or infancy-
Because of my United States citizenship I am entitled to a voice in the government of the nation, the state, the county, the town & the city in which I chance to reside- We citizens right to vote as well his right to vote as well as his right to freedom must be guaranteed by the National Constitution - and I hope you will see this point & thus urge it in your debates- - and when you shall see a form of petition to Congress for a 16th Amendment I hope you will circulate it and collect a great many names-
Respectfully yours
Susan B. Anthony
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CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS
National Woman Suffrage Association,
1876
Rochester, Oct. 22, 1876
Thomas C. Powell
Dear Sir
Yours of the 5th inst has been neglected too long- I enclose a slip from the Laramie Sentinel- whose Editor John Heyford- has lived in Wyoming from the first- There are nor mere- no reasons for Women Suffrage in that Territory- not equally good & urgent in this state & entire nation- The true position is Suffrage a National right - guaranteed to the U. S. citizen by the Constitution as a U. S. citizen's right, not to be denied by any state, or Territory, except for crime, idiocy, lunacy or infancy-
Because of my United States citizenship I am entitled to a voice in the government of the nation, the state, the county, the town & the city in which I chance to reside- We citizens right to vote as well his right to vote as well as his right to freedom must be guaranteed by the National Constitution - and I hope you will see this point & thus urge it in your debates- - and when you shall see a form of petition to Congress for a 16th Amendment I hope you will circulate it and collect a great many names-
Respectfully yours
Susan B. Anthony
