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Title

  • Constitutional equality, a right of woman ; or, A consideration of the various relations which she sustains as a necessary part of the body of society and humanity : with her duties to herself ; together with a review of the Constitution of the United States, showing that the rights to vote is guaranteed to all citizens ; also a review of the rights of children

Other Title

  • Constitutional equality, a right of woman
  • Consideration of the various relations which she sustains as a necessary part of the body of society and humanity

Summary

  • Written by one of the more radical women's rights activists of the nineteenth century and covers a wide range of topics concerning the role of women in American society. It also includes a chapter on the rights of children that focuses on the question of prenatal care.

Names

  • Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-1923
  • Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, former owner
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : Woodhull, Claflin & Co., 1871.

Headings

  • -  Women's rights--United States
  • -  Women--Suffrage--United States
  • -  Women--Social and moral questions

Medium

  • 3 p.l., 148 p. : front. (port.) ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JK1901 .C7
  • JK1881 .N357 sec. VIII, sub. 1, no. 7a 23 cm. Bookplate of Carrie Chapman Catt inside front cover. Gift of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Nov. 1, 1938.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 09028337

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, Carrie Chapman Catt, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. Constitutional equality, a right of woman ; or, A consideration of the various relations which she sustains as a necessary part of the body of society and humanity: with her duties to herself ; together with a review of the Constitution of the United States, showing that the rights to vote is guaranteed to all citizens ; also a review of the rights of children. New York: Woodhull, Claflin & Co, 1871. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/09028337/.

APA citation style:

Cook, T. C., Catt, C. C. & National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. (1871) Constitutional equality, a right of woman ; or, A consideration of the various relations which she sustains as a necessary part of the body of society and humanity: with her duties to herself ; together with a review of the Constitution of the United States, showing that the rights to vote is guaranteed to all citizens ; also a review of the rights of children. New York: Woodhull, Claflin & Co. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/09028337/.

MLA citation style:

Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, Carrie Chapman Catt, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. Constitutional equality, a right of woman ; or, A consideration of the various relations which she sustains as a necessary part of the body of society and humanity: with her duties to herself ; together with a review of the Constitution of the United States, showing that the rights to vote is guaranteed to all citizens ; also a review of the rights of children. New York: Woodhull, Claflin & Co, 1871. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/09028337/>.