Mathilde Franziska Anneke - Women's Suffrage Correspondence, 1866-1884 (Box 5, Folder 4) (Wisconsin Women's History)

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[left hand page] (hand icon) Get all the names possible to this petition and forward to SARA ANDREWS SPENCER, Cor. L and 7th Streets, Washington, D.C. by the first of December, 1877. _____________________________________________________________________ Petition for a 16th Amendment. To the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled: The undersigned, Citizens of the United States, Residents of the State of _______, County of _____________, Town of _____________, earnestly pray your Honorable Body to adopt measures for so amending the Constitution as to prohibit the several States from Disenfranchising United States Citizens on account of Sex.

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National Woman Suffrage Association [in font] President, Clemence S. Lozier, M.D. New York Vice Pres. Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia, Pa Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Tenafly, N.J. Chair. Ex. Com., Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N.Y. Cor. Sec., Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford, Ct. Treas., Ellen Clarke Sargent, Washington, D.C.

[ the remainder is hand written--in purple ink] Sidney Nebraska Oct. 24th 1877

My Dear Madam Anneke Your most welcome letter, via Toledo, met me here last evening; it was my first knowledge that I am to be in Milwaukee Nov. 18th. I have my list of engagements, only up to Nov. 9th--I suppose it is to give my new lecture--"The Homes of Single Women"--which I have been writing at Dr. Alida C. Avery's most delightful home--under the shadow of the dear old Rocky Mountains at Denver-- the last two weeks--and I hope you & all the friends will feel it a true & good word on the subject. Yes, tell dear Doctor Ross Wolcott I will surely stop with none other than herself this time--wouldn't be the last time--had I only received her good invitation for

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my heart has always leaned toward the two women I first [word unclear] in Milwaukee-- Madam Anneke & Dr. Laura Ross--- yes--& the dear Lillie Peckham--- I shall be happy to meet with your Party of Equal Rights for Women--- But if it can reach me in time should prefer the time to be Saturday evening---I cannot tell when it can get to me---so must have you to learn from Mr. Slayton---122 LaSalle St. Chicago--Ill--he is my agent--& can tell you where I am to go from to [?]--, when I can go--- I am so happy to learn that you are able to be at your great & good work for humanity again---& I hope you may long live to bless & and be blessed--- with best love to Dr. Ross, dear [?] & all her friends--beside ever and ever so much to your own dear self---I am sincerely yours Susan B. Anthony

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Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association

Article 1---This organization shall be called the National Woman Suffrage Association. Article 2--The object of this Association shall be to secure National protection for women citizens in the exercise of their right to vote. Article 3--All citizens of the United States subscribing to this Constitution, and contributing not less than one dollar annually, shall be considered members of the Association, with the right to participate in its deliberations. Article 4--the officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice President from each of the States and Territories, Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, a Treasurer, an Executive Committee of not less than five, and an Advisory Committee consisting of one person from each State and Territory. Article 5--All Woman Suffrage Societies throughout the country shall be welcomed as auxiliaries and their accredited officers or duly appointed representatives shall be recognized as members of the National Association. Officers of the N.W.S.A. for 1877 and '78. President: Clemence S. Lozier, M.D. 238 West Fourteenth Street, New York. [note: in original left column is Vice President and right column is Advisory Committee. for spacing purposes I have stacked these columns] Vice Presidents: Lucretia Mott, Philadelphia, Pa. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Tenafly, N.J. Clarina I. H. Nichols, Pomo, Cal. Amy Post, Rochester, N.Y. Mathilde Franceske Anneke, Milwaukee, Wis. Amelia Bloomer, Council Bluffs, Ia. Virginia L. Minor, St. Louis, Mo. Emily Robinson, Salem, Ohio. Julia and Abby Smith, Glastonbury, Ct. Catharine C. Knowles, East Greenwich, R.I. Annie C. Cheney, Chelsea, Mass. Mary Powers Filley, North Haverill, N.H. Lucy A. Snowe, Rockland, Me. Sarah M. Lynde, Guilford Centre, Vt. Olivia B. Hall, Ann Arbor, Mich. Mary H. Williams, Fort Wayne, Ind. Sarah Hackett Stevenson, M.D., Chicago, Ill. Sarah Burger Stearns, Duluth, Minn. Helen M. Starrett, Lawrence, Kan. Julia Brown Bemis, Omaha, Neb. Alida C. Avery, M.D. Denver, Col. Hannah H. Clapp, Carson City, Neb. Harriet A. Loughary, Amity, OR. Sally Holly, Lottsburg, Va. Annie L. Quinby, Newport, Ken. Eliz. Avery Meriwether, Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. A. B. Swearingen, Claymont. Del. Lavinia L. Dundore, Baltimore, Md. Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Hollywood, N.C. Frances Anne Pillsbury, Charleston, S.C. Flora McMartin Wright, Pilatka, Fla. Mr. P. Holmes Drake, Huntsville, Ala. Annie H. Hamilton, Summit, Miss. Elizabeth L. Saxon, New Orleans, La. Mrs. W.P. Oliver, Little Rock, Ark. Martha Goodwin Tunstall, Crockett, Tex. Caroline B. Winslow, M.D. Washington, D.C. Esther Morris, Laramie City, Wy. Ter. Mary O. Brown, Seattle, Wash. Ter. Annie Godbe, Salt Lake, Utah Ter.

Advisory Committee: Ernestine L. Rose, London, Eng. Sarah Pugh, Germantown, Pa. Elizabeth B. Schenck, San Francisco, Cal. Lucinda B. Chandler, Vineland, N.J. Lavinia Goodell, Janesville, Wis. Janet Strong, Keosaque, Iowa. Annie R. Irvine, Oregon, Mo. Rev. Anna Oliver, South Norwalk, Ct. Mary F. Channing, Newport, R.I. Julia B. Hunt, Florence, Mass. Caroline H. Barr, New Ipswich, N.H. Ann T. Greeley, Ellsworth, Me. Lydia Putnam, Brattleboro, Vt. Helen M. Loder, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Mrs. C. W. Church, Benton Harper, Mich. Ellen S. Fray, Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. J. H. Parker, Green Castle, Ind. Clara Lyons Peters, Watseka, Ill. Hattie M. White, Kasson, Minn. Elsie Stewart, Neutral Station, Kan. E.S. Stilson, Omaha, Neb. Mary F. Shields, Colorado Springs, Col. Mary Sweetaple, Silver City, Nev. Lucinda F. Froebstel, La Grande, Or. Hannah McQuiston, Richmond, Va. Elizabeth A. Brown, Kingswood, W. Va. Elizabeth H. Duvall, Cadiz, Ky. Narcissa Watson, Columbia, Tenn. Elizabeth Jackson, Hockessin, Del. Jane Dubois, Baltimore, Md. Mary D.P. Taylor, Asheville, N.C. Martha Schofield, Aiken, S. C. Abby C. Fisher, Fernandina, Fla. Agnes Julian, Aurora, Ga. Mary Pinckard McCarthy, Madison Station, Ala. Mrs. E. Voorhes, Holly Springs, Miss. Mary S. Mann, M.D. New Orleans, La. Mrs L. C. Locke, Dallas, Tex. Ella Cheney, Uberty, Ark. Helen R. Holmes, Washington, D. C. Mary B. Post, Cheyenne, Wy. Ter. Mrs. A.H.H. Stewart, Olympia, Wash. Ter. Emeline B. Wells, Salt Lake City, Utah

Corresponding Secretaries. Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford, Ct. Emma Molloy, South Bend, Ind. Ellen H. Sheldon, Washington, D.C. Mathilde F. Wendt, New York. Laura DeForce Gordon, Oakland, Cal. Caroline H. Spear, Philadelphia, Pa.

Foreign Corresponding Secretaries: Laura Curtis Bullard, New York Jane Graham Jones, Chicago, Ill.

Recording Secretary: Lillie Devereux Blake, 106 East Fifty-fifth Street, New York.

Treasurer: Ellen Clarke Sargent, 1733 De Sales Street, Washington, D.C.

Executive Committee: Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N.Y. Mrs. L.C. Smith, Rochester, N.Y. Matilda Joslyn Gage, Fayetteville, N.Y. M. Adelaide Thomson, Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. Olympia Brown, Bridgeport, Ct. Harriet Purvis, " " Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, Evanston, Ill. Belva A. Lockwood, Washington, D.C. Phoebe W. Couzins, St. Louis, Mo. Annie C. Savery, Des Moines, Iowa. Sarah Langdon Williams, Toledo, Ohio Susan A. King, New York. Sarah J. Walllis, Mayfield, Cal. Helen M. Cooke, New York. Laura Ross Wollcott, M.D., Milwaukee, Wis. Nancy R. Allen, Maquoketa, Ia. Catherine A.F. Stebbins, Detroit, Mich. Marilla M. Ricker, Dover, N.H. Abigail Scott Duniway, Portland, Or.

Resident Congressional Committee Sarah Andrews Spencer, corner 7th and L streets, Washington, D.C. Ruth C. Denison, Washington, D. C. Ellen Clarke Sargent, Washington, D. C. Rosina W. Parnell, " " Mary Shadd Cary, " "

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