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Collection Reference Number GLC06861
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1870s 
Title An Appeal to the women of the United States
Date 1871
Author Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description National Women Suffrage and Education Committee petition for women's right to vote under the 14th amendment. Slightly misprinted; the printed text appears at a slight angle. This pamphlet asks for signatures on a petition "Declaration and Pledge of the Women of the United States Concerning their Right to and their Use of the Elective Franchise". With printed signatures of Isabella Beecher Hooker, Josephine S. Griffing, Mary B. Bowen, Paulina Wright Davis, Ruth Carr Denison and Susan B. Anthony.
Subjects Education  Election  Woman Author  Women's History  US Constitution  US Constitutional Amendment  Suffrage  Petition  
People Anthony, Susan Brownell (1820-1906)  Hooker, Isabella Beecher (1822-1907)  Griffing, Josephine Sophia White (1814-1872)  Davis, Paulina Wright (1813-1876)  
Place written Hartford
Theme Reconstruction; Women in American History; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945