Legislature of Pennsylvania File of the House of Representatives [unnumbered], 1911

Item

Title

Legislature of Pennsylvania File of the House of Representatives [unnumbered], 1911

Description

A copy of a bill proposing changes to the state constitution that would allow women to vote. This proposal was only referred to the Committee on Judiciary General and never read before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. A similar bill was voted on in the House in 1915, but it failed. In 1919 the state legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment.

Identifier

17403

Type

text

Creator

Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives

Date Created

1911-02-14/1911-03-14

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

Extent

4 pages

Language

eng

Rights

Rights assessment is your responsibility. This material is made available for noncommercial educational scholarly and/or charitable purposes. For other uses or for more information please contact The Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Rights and Reproductions department at rnr@hsp.org.

Item sets

Caroline Katzenstein papers