Legislature of Pennsylvania File of the House of Representatives No. 108, 1915

Item

Title

Legislature of Pennsylvania File of the House of Representatives No. 108, 1915

Description

A copy of a bill brought before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives proposing changes to the state constitution that would allow women to vote. The fifth stipulation of the proposal reads: "Wherever the words "he" "his" "him" and "himself" occur in any section of articles VIII of this Constitution the same shall be construed as if written respectively "he or she" "his or her" "him or her" and "himself or herself." The 1915 referendum ultimately failed, but in 1919 the state legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment.

Identifier

17401

Type

text

Creator

Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives

Date Created

1915-01-27/1915-02-08

Format

typescript

Is Part Of

Caroline Katzenstein papers (Am.8996)

Spatial Coverage

Harrisburg (Pa.) | 3rd and State St Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Subject

Katzenstein, Caroline | Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association | Women—Suffrage | Women—Suffrage—United States | Women—History—19th century | Women—History—20th century | United States. Constitution. 19th Amendment | National American Woman Suffrage Association | National Woman's Party | Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives | Harrisburg (Pa.)

Extent

3 pages

Language

eng

Rights

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Item sets

Caroline Katzenstein papers