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Celebrating passage of the 15th amendment... Women's suffrage...
Celebrating passage of the 15th amendment... Women's suffrage...
Item # 693944
April 02, 1870
NEW YORK TIMES, April 2, 1870
* 15th Fifteenth Amendment
* Right to Vote - African Americans
* Celebration of the ratification
* Woman's suffrage - Women's rights
The front page has a notable report headed: "The Fifteenth Amendment" "A Demonstration in Washington--Remarks by the President, the Vice President, & Senator Sumner" which takes almost a full column, & is followed by: "The Fifteenth Amendment in Pennsylvania--Re-opening of the Avondale Mine". The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited the denial of right to vote due to race.
Page 2 has two reports on women suffrage with: "Woman Is Coming" "Miss Lilian Edgarton & Woman's Rights--Lecture at the Cooper Institution--Woman Needs Education" and also: "Meting of the Advocates of Woman Suffrage"
Eight pages, very nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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