Raynor HCA 2013-10
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A complete issue of Harper’s Weekly, November 25, 1871, 16pp., plus 8pp. supplement, disbound, VG. From the interior, a 1/2 page engraving “Mrs. Woodhull Asserting Her Right To Vote,” with an accompanying report “Women at the Polls.”Woodhull had addressed the House Judiciary Committee arguing that women already had the right to vote - all they had to do was use it - since the 14th and 15th Amendments granted that right to all citizens. When the Judiciary Committee issued a minority report supporting Woodhull's position, suffragists distributed thousands of copies throughout the nation.With Constitution in hand, she and her sister attempted to vote in the 1871 elections. Though turned away from the polls, their effort inspired Harper's Weekly to print a half-page engraving.
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