Petition from Women Voters Anti-Suffrage Party of New York to the Senate
1917
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This petition urges the Senate not to pass a Federal suffrage amendment giving women the right to vote (the 19th Amendment). It lists reasons why women should not be franchised nationally, including that the country "should be spared the harassing of its public men and the distracting of its people from work for the war" in "this hour of peril."
Copies of this petition were sent from different parts of New York State.
Copies of this petition were sent from different parts of New York State.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
National Archives Identifier: 7452146
Full Citation: Petition from Women Voters Anti-Suffrage Party of New York to the Senate; 1917; Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents which were Presented, Read, or Tabled during the 65th Congress; (SEN 65A-K11); Committee Papers, 1816 - 2011; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-antisuffrage-ny, March 28, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
