Anti-Suffrage Postcards from Wallace Ellis to the Honorable Homer P. Snyder
1916
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Wallace Ellis sent this postcard opposing the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution to New York Congressman Homer P. Snyder. The amendment would grant women the right to vote on a national basis. Ellis’s opposition was in vain, as Congress passed a resolution proposing the amendment in 1919. After enough states ratified the amendment, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification, and the 19th Amendment became part of the Constitution on August 26, 1920.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.
National Archives Identifier: 1633884
Full Citation: Anti-Suffrage Postcards from Wallace Ellis to the Honorable Homer P. Snyder; 1916; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/antisuffrage-postcard-ellis, May 22, 2025]Activities that use this document
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