Citizens of Deadwood and Lawrence County, South Dakota
, petitioned the House of Representatives and the Senate to enact legislation submitting an amendment to the Constitution granting women the right of suffrage, and to Federally censor motion pictures to "prevent the use of immoral pictures."
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2017 summer workshop in Washington, D.C.This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
Full Citation: Petition to Congress from the Citizens of Lawrence County, South Dakota; 1916; Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents which were Presented, Read, or Tabled during the 65th Congress; (SEN64A-K9); Petitions and Related Documents That Were Presented, Read, or Tabled, 1789 - 1966; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/lawrence-south-dakota, May 7, 2024]