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CONSTITUTION
of the
NATIONAL WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION

ARTICLE I
This organization shall be called the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
ARTICLE II
Its object shall be to secure the Ballot to the women of the nation on equal terms
with men.
ARTICLE III
Any citizen of the United States favoring this object, shall, by payment of the sum
of one dollar annually into the treasury, be considered a member of the Association; and no other shall be entitled to vote in its deliberations.
ARTICLE IV
The officers of the Association shall be a President, a Vice-President from each of the states and territories, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, Treasurer, an Executive Committee of not less than five nor more than nine members, located in New York City, and an Advisory Counsel of one person from each state and territory, who shall be members of the National Executive Committee. The officers shall be chosen at each Annual Meeting of the National Association.
ARTICLE V
Any Woman's Suffrage Association may become auxiliary to the National Association by its officers becoming members of the Parent Association and sending an Annual Contribution of not less than twenty-five dollars.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, Pres.
CHARLOTTE B. WILBOUR, Cor. Sec'y
ELIZABETH SMITH MILLER, Treas.
ERNESTINE L. ROSE, Chw'n Ex. Com.