Petition from Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
ca. 12/1874
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In this petition, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony ask the Senate to extend the right to vote to women – "the same protection that colored men now enjoy."
Transcript
To the Senate of the United States.The undersigned respectfully ask that your Honorable Body will extend to women the same protection that colored men now enjoy in the exercise of their right to vote. As the United States Constitution as it is with all its recent Amendments, laws to ensure them, does not in the opinion of Supreme Court Judges guarantee such protection in the several states, we demand of Congress further legislation that shall secure to women their civil & political rights –
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
43 cong.
1 Sess.
Petition of Elizabeth Lady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony praying the passage of a law guaranteeing to women equal Civil and political rights.
1874 Many 12, Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections
Mr. Sargent
To the Senate of the
United States
Petition for the
protection of women
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
[Written below in a different hand]
25
Sargent
[crossed out]
Prio [Illegible]
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
National Archives Identifier: 306412
Full Citation: Petition from Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to the United States Senate; ca. 12/1874; Petitions and Memorials Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections in the 43rd Congress; Petitions of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, 3/10/1871 - 1946; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/anthony-stanton-petition, May 30, 2023]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.