National American Woman Suffrage Association

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Student Handout 3.B: NAWSA Primary Sources 1
National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Source: Library of Congress American Memory Collection, http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/naw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28rbnawsan7468div53%29%29#n7468086
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Student Handout 3.B: NAWSA Primary Sources 1
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Excerpt: Memorial
emorial to Congress
from The American Woman
Suffrage Association
“To the Honorab
ble Senate and
House of Repressentatives of the
United States in
n Congress
Assembled
W
Suffrage
The American Woman
Assocation respeectfully prays
your honorable bodies
b
to enact a
law authorizing women who are
citizens of the United
U
States
resident in the District
D
of
Colombia and alll other
Territories, to vo
ote and hold
office upon the same
s
terms and
conditions as Men.
M
Also—that you will take such
additional steps as are necessary,
by amending thee Federal
Constitution or otherwise,
o
to
prohibit politicaal distinctions on
account of sex everywhere
e
throughout the United
U
States.
Source: National Archivves, http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/awsahttp://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman
memorial.html