Petition from the Texas Woman Suffrage Association
5/2/1916
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham, president of the Texas Woman Suffrage Association, sent this petition in support of passage of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, the name given to the 19th Amendment. In it she stated that "taxation without representation is tyranny!"
Cunningham also wrote "this is not a question in which the State’s Rights bogy is involved." She argued that woman suffrage would not threaten Southern states' rights because suffragists sought no other changes to voting qualifications besides the "removal of sex discrimination." In other words, Southern states' laws designed to prevent people of color from voting would not be threatened.
Cunningham also wrote "this is not a question in which the State’s Rights bogy is involved." She argued that woman suffrage would not threaten Southern states' rights because suffragists sought no other changes to voting qualifications besides the "removal of sex discrimination." In other words, Southern states' laws designed to prevent people of color from voting would not be threatened.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.
National Archives Identifier: 306659
Full Citation: Petition from Minnie Fisher Cunningham of the Texas Woman Suffrage Association for passage of the 'Susan B. Anthony Amendment'; 5/2/1916; (HR64A-H13.6); Petitions and Memorials, 1813 - 1968; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/tx-woman-suffrage-petition, December 11, 2023]Activities that use this document
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