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Photo, Print, Drawing Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists, January 11th - a lady delegate reading her argument in favor of woman's voting, on the basis of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments

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Title

  • Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists, January 11th - a lady delegate reading her argument in favor of woman's voting, on the basis of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments

Created / Published

  • [1871]

Headings

  • -  Woodhull, Victoria C.--(Victoria Claflin),--1838-1927--Political activity
  • -  Women--Political activity--United States--1870-1880
  • -  Women's suffrage--United States--1870-1880

Headings

  • Periodical illustrations--1870-1880.
  • Wood engravings--1870-1880.

Genre

  • Periodical illustrations--1870-1880
  • Wood engravings--1870-1880

Notes

  • -  Caption label from exhibit of digital copy in Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote A Movement at Odds with Itself: The Notorious Victoria Woodhull Addresses Congress. Before running for president of the United States in 1872, newspaper publisher and stockbroker Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), proponent of free love, spiritualism, and other controversial doctrines, was the first woman to speak in Congress on the subject of suffrage. As reported in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Woodhull lobbied the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on January 11, 1871, making the argument that women's right to vote was inherent in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
  • -  Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, v. 31, no. 801 (1871 Feb. 4), p. 349.
  • -  The woman speaking is identified as Victoria Woodhull in the text of the accompanying article (p. 347).

Medium

  • 1 print : wood engraving ; 28 x 40.5 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Illus. in AP2.L52 1871 (Case Y) [P&P]

Repository

Digital Id

  • ppmsca 58145 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.58145
  • cph 3a05761 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05761

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004670399

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-58145 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-2023 (b&w film copy neg.)

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

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  • image

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  • Call Number: Illus. in AP2.L52 1871 (Case Y) [P&P]
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Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists, January 11th - a lady delegate reading her argument in favor of woman's voting, on the basis of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments. United States, 1871. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004670399/.

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(1871) Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists, January 11th - a lady delegate reading her argument in favor of woman's voting, on the basis of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments. United States, 1871. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004670399/.

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Washington, D.C. The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists, January 11th - a lady delegate reading her argument in favor of woman's voting, on the basis of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004670399/>.