Resolution of the Seattle Women's Union Card and Label League
12/3/1917
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Edith Levi, Maud Sarbacher, and Cecilia Orr sent this resolution of the Seattle Women's Union Card and Label League to Senator Wesley Jones. The League urges Congress to pass the Susan B. Anthony Amendment (the 19th Amendment) giving women the right to vote.
The reasons they give include that "women are requested to take men's places in industry, to give up their sons, husbands and sweethearts for the liberty of these United States" and that "women who go down into the 'Valley of the Shadow of Death' to bring their sons into the world cannot bring forth the best citizenship while feeling themselves not a part of that citizenship."
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2017 summer workshop in Washington, D.C.
The reasons they give include that "women are requested to take men's places in industry, to give up their sons, husbands and sweethearts for the liberty of these United States" and that "women who go down into the 'Valley of the Shadow of Death' to bring their sons into the world cannot bring forth the best citizenship while feeling themselves not a part of that citizenship."
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.
National Archives Identifier: 74884345
Full Citation: Resolution of the Seattle Women's Union Card and Label League Urging Congress to Pass the Susan B. Anthony Amendment; 12/3/1917; Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents which were Presented, Read, or Tabled during the 65th Congress; (SEN65A-K11); 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/seattle-union-card, April 20, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.