Petition from the Missouri Woman Suffrage Association Against the Edmunds-Tucker Bill
1/14/1886
Add to Favorites:
Add all page(s) of this document to activity:
Add only page 1 to activity:
Add only page 2 to activity:
In 1870, Utah’s majority Mormon territorial legislature adopted woman suffrage. Strongly opposed to the Mormon practice of polygamy, Congress passed the Edmunds–Tucker Act that outlawed the practice and disfranchised Utah women. This was the only time that Congress took the vote from women – it argued women in plural marriages couldn’t vote independently.
Women in Missouri sent this document to Congress in opposition to the Edmunds–Tucker Act, which passed in 1886 and became law in 1887. Utah won statehood in 1895 and once again fully enfranchised women.
Women in Missouri sent this document to Congress in opposition to the Edmunds–Tucker Act, which passed in 1886 and became law in 1887. Utah won statehood in 1895 and once again fully enfranchised women.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Full Citation: Petition from the Missouri Woman Suffrage Association Against the Edmunds-Tucker Bill; 1/14/1886; (HR49A-H11.4); Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/petition-mo-woman-suffrage-association, September 12, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
