ÒMr. Carpenter, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following ReportÉÓ Senate Report No. 21. 42nd Congress, 2nd Session.

[ Anthony, , Susan B., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, et al.] Carpenter, Matthew Hale.

Published by [Washington, D.C.: January 1872.

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The present report, written by Republican Senator Matthew Hale Carpenter (1824 Ð 1881), responds to the memorial presented by numerous prominent suffragists including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Elizabeth S. Bladen, Olympia Brown, and Josephine J. Griffing. The suffragistsÕ memorial argued that the 1870 ratification of the 15th Amendment, which granted voting rights to citizens of the United States regardless of Òrace, color, or previous condition of servitude,Ó should also grant women the right to vote. Carpenter and the Senate denied that the 15th Amendment applies to womenÕs suffrage and rejected the memorial. 5 in. by 9in. With caption title as issued. Modern blue paper wrappers with added modern endpapers. Some chipping to edges of leaves. Document tape at fore-edge of one leaf. A very good copy of a scarce womenÕs suffrage item. First edition. In 1868, Anthony and Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association, which campaigned to achieve womenÕs suffrage through a Constitutional Amendment. The memorial, with its focus on the 15th Amendment, recalls the efforts of Victoria Woodhull in 1871, who addressed the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives with her argument that women should be allowed to vote under the 14th Amendment. In November of 1872, Susan B. Anthony registered and voted for Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election. She was arrested, tried, and convicted, despite the fact that she also argued her right to vote under the 14th Amendment. OCLC records one library with a digital holding of this item (University of Wyoming) and no physical copies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ÒMr. Carpenter, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following ReportÉÓ Senate Report No. 21. 42nd Congress, 2nd Session.
• Publisher: [Washington, D.C.: January 1872.
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition