Votes For Women: The constitutional rights of the women of the United States
Votes For Women: The constitutional rights of the women of the United States
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The Library of Congress' American Memory Project - Votes For Women: National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection 1848-1921: The Constitutional rights of the women of the United States: an address before the International Council of Women, Washington, D. C., March 30, 1888/by Isabella Beecher Hooker. This speech focuses on the argument that nothing in the Constitution specifically denies women the right to vote and advocates that women exercise that right whenever possible. A portion of the talk is devoted to Susan B. Anthony's arrest and trial for attempting to vote in the state of New York.
Education Levels:
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Adult/Continuing education, Community College, Higher education
Subject:
Debate, History, Journalism, Listening Comprehension, Literature, Reading, Speech, Vocabulary, Whole Language, Anthropology, Civics, History, Human Behavior, Human Relations, Sociology, State History, Technology And Civilization, United States Constitution, United States Government, United States History, World History, Christianity, History
Resource Type:
Collection
Medium:
TIFF, Text/HTML
Fee Status:
Free
Beneficiary:
General public, Students
Online provider:
The Library of Congress' American Memory Project
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