First Petition for Women's Suffrage in Vermont, Journal of the Council of Censors of the State of Vermont, 1869

Vermont Council of Censors

First Edition

Women Suffrage. Vermont Council of Censors. Journal of Council of Censors of the State of Vermont, at its Several Sessions Held in Montpelier, 1869. Monpelier: Freeman Steam Printing House and Binder, 1869. Proposal by a committee of three to pass women's suffrage in Vermont. 106 pages. This was trhe earliest effort to pass women's suffrage in the state and one of the earliest proposals in the country. At this time, women's suffrage was being raised on a state-by-state basis, as regional networks and suffrage movements were building. The same year this proposal was presented in Vermont, legislators in Wyoming became the first in the union to pass women's suffrage. Very good condition.

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