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Book/Printed Material The constitutional rights of the women of the United States : an address before the International Council of Women, Washington, D.C., March 30, 1888

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[ National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection copy ]

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Title

  • The constitutional rights of the women of the United States : an address before the International Council of Women, Washington, D.C., March 30, 1888

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907
  • Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, former owner
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Susan B. Anthony Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Hartford, Conn.] : Hartford Press : The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1900.

Headings

  • -  Women--Suffrage--United States
  • -  Anthony, Susan B.--(Susan Brownell),--1820-1906--Trials, litigation, etc

Notes

  • -  Cover title.
  • -  LC copy has bookplate: library, Carrie Chapman Catt.
  • -  Gift; National American Woman Suffrage Association; Nov. 1, 1938.
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-08-27 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC knj 2022-08-22 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 37 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JK1881 .N357 sec. VII, no. 1, #10
  • JK1881 .N28 no. 12 Copy no. undetermined. Cover title lacking.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93838333

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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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:

Hooker, Isabella Beecher, Carrie Chapman Catt, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, and Susan B. Anthony Collection. The constitutional rights of the women of the United States: an address before the International Council of Women, Washington, D.C. [Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Press: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1900] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/93838333/.

APA citation style:

Hooker, I. B., Catt, C. C., National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection & Susan B. Anthony Collection. (1900) The constitutional rights of the women of the United States: an address before the International Council of Women, Washington, D.C. [Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Press: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/93838333/.

MLA citation style:

Hooker, Isabella Beecher, et al. The constitutional rights of the women of the United States: an address before the International Council of Women, Washington, D.C. [Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Press: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1900] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/93838333/>.