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Gov. Gardner signing resolution ratifying amendment to U.S. Constitution granting universal franchise to women / Carl Deeg.

Gov. Gardner signing resolution ratifying amendment to U.S. Constituti...

Photograph shows a large group, mostly women, standing around a table in the office of Missouri Governor Frederick Gardner as he signs the resolution ratifying the 19th constitutional amendment; Missouri became... More

Colorado's ratification of suffrage amendment, Dec. 12, 1919.

Colorado's ratification of suffrage amendment, Dec. 12, 1919.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of crowd of people standing around desk as ratification document is signed.

The progressive group in Congress from Minn. greet Myrtle Cain, Woman Farm Labor Rep. in the Minn. Legislature, upon her arrival in Wash. She brought a mandate from the Minn. progressives that they support the equal rights amendment, lft. to rt.: Rep. Knud Wefald, Sen. Henrick Shipstead, Sen. Magnus Johnson and Miss Cain

The progressive group in Congress from Minn. greet Myrtle Cain, Woman ...

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Senate Judiciary Com on amendment of Volstead Act, 4/5/26

Senate Judiciary Com on amendment of Volstead Act, 4/5/26

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Urges equal rights for women. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Democratic National Committeewoman from Pennsylvania and a sister of Senator Joseph Guffey, urged approval of the Burke Constitutional Amendment for Equal Rights for Women as she testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today. Mrs.. Miller, shown with Senator Burke, author of the Amendment, told the committee that business women have "felt the ruinious effects of discriminatory and so-called protective legislation," 2/9/38

Urges equal rights for women. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Mrs. Emma Guff...

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Sage advice. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Senator Key Pittman, Veteran from Nevada and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, discusses with the youthful Republican Senator Henry Cabor Lodge, of Massachusetts, the amendment he (lodge) has proposed to the Neutrality Act which would make the U.S. Neutral in fact as well in theory. Senator Lodge is also a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2/2/38

Sage advice. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Senator Key Pittman, Veteran fr...

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A.F. of L. Head urges amendment to Wagner Act. Washington, D.C., March 22. American Federation of Labor President William Green today urged the Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee to amend the Wagner Bill guaranteeing collective baragaining in federal contracts to curtail the "discretionary power" of the National Labor Relations Board. Green declared, the Wagner Act as now functioning, gives the NLRB the power to "play favorites" between the A.F. of L. and the C.I.O., if it is disposed, 3/22/38

A.F. of L. Head urges amendment to Wagner Act. Washington, D.C., March...

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The Fifteenth amendment - Print, Library of Congress collection

The Fifteenth amendment - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment. A reduced version of Kelly's large print "The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19t... More

Miss Anna McCue is one of the organizers of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.  She began work as a child in the hosiery mills in Kensington, Philadelphia and worked in the Kensington factories until 22 years old when she became an organizer for the Congressional Union. Since that time she has been one of the most powerful speakers in the work for the national suffrage amendment, making a very effective appeal because of her intimate acquaintance with the hardships involved in the life of the wage earning woman.

Miss Anna McCue is one of the organizers of the Congressional Union fo...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head and shoulders portrait of Anna McCue, facing camera, with bar brooch.

Arrival in Washington in March 1913 of Rosalie Jones' band of pilgrims on their trip from New York to the National Capitol to ask President Wilson to give his support to the national woman suffrage amendment. This photograph shows Washington suffragists escorting the pilgrims through the streets of the Capitol.

Arrival in Washington in March 1913 of Rosalie Jones' band of pilgrims...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of procession in street surrounded by large crowds of people.

Making way for Roosevelt bills. Speaker Joe Byrns, seated, tells a group of newspaper men that everything will be set aside in the House to make way for the president's four point temporary legislative program made necessary by the Supreme Court's NRA decision. The Speaker said that the Congress will NOT instigate a constitutional amendment to circumvent the court's ruling. Bill Donaldson, superintendent of the House Press Gallery, is shown beside the Speaker, 6/6/35

Making way for Roosevelt bills. Speaker Joe Byrns, seated, tells a gro...

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The eighteenth amendment and its enforcement. Address by Wayne B. Wheeler, LL. D. at the National conference, Washington, D. C., September 15, 1920. [Westerville, Ohio. 1920].

The eighteenth amendment and its enforcement. Address by Wayne B. Whee...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 138, Folder 24c.

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

Stamp duties imposed by the act of Congress of July 1, 1862 and its amendment of March 3, 1863. New York: Published by Macoy & Herwig, stationers. [c. 1863].

Stamp duties imposed by the act of Congress of July 1, 1862 and its am...

On verso: Filed March 18, 1863. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 124, Folder 26a.

Legal dodge on Walsh-Healy Act. Washington, D.C., May 13. L. Metcalfe Walling, Administrator of the Public Contracts Division of the Labor Department, told the Senate Labor Committee today that subcontractors had used a 'legal dodge' to avoid compliance with the Walsh-Healy Act. He advocated amendment to the law to prevent 'evasion,' and said that 'the purpose of Congress to promote good labor conditions and equal competition on government contracts has been thwarted'

Legal dodge on Walsh-Healy Act. Washington, D.C., May 13. L. Metcalfe ...

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18th Amendment of the Constitution

18th Amendment of the Constitution

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Mayor Hague battler favors Ludlow Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 10. New York Attorney Morris Ernst, writer and lawyer who battled Mayor Hague in civil liberty cases, appeared as witness today before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to favor the Ludlow resolution to place the power of declaring aggressive war in the hands of voters. Ernst said that the founding fathers intended that the power be given [to] the people, but that interpretation and usage had disallowed it

Mayor Hague battler favors Ludlow Amendment. Washington, D.C., May 10....

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Gov[ernor] Emmett D. Boyle of Nevada signing resolution for ratification of Nineteenth Amendment to Constitution of U.S. - Mrs. Sadie D. Hurst who presented the resolution, Speaker of the Assembly D.J. Fitzgerald and group of Suffrage Women, Feb. 7, 1920, Carson City, Nevada

Gov[ernor] Emmett D. Boyle of Nevada signing resolution for ratificati...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of group of suffragists watching the governor of Nevada sign resolution for ratification in his office.

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

A slightly altered version of another print by the same title also issued by Metcalf and Clark (no. 1870-2), commemorating the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment and its celebration in Baltimore. In the cente... More

Congress, Wednesday, February 01, 1865  (Joint Resolution Submitting 13th Amendment to the States; signed by Abraham Lincoln and Congress)
Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe Robinson, the Senator from Arkansas who is the majority leader of the Senate held the first press conference this year. Sen. Robinson said that the principle problems confronting the coming session of Congress are neutrality, budget balancing, and regulation of hours and wages, the latter by constitutional amendment if necessary

Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe...

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Denouncing the present war-declaring mechanism as 'autocratic,' Rep. Louis Ludlow appealed for approval of a constitutional amendment requiring a Nat'l referendum on participation in a foreign war

Denouncing the present war-declaring mechanism as 'autocratic,' Rep. L...

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WOMAN SUFFRAGE. WOMAN VOTERS ASK HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR ACTION ON AMENDMENT.MRS. WILLIAM KENT, CALIFORNIA, 2ND FROM LEFT; MRS. S. B. M. YOUNG,4TH FROM LEFT; ISABELLA MOTT OF NEW YORK, 2ND FROM RIGHT; KATHARINE FISHER OF NEW JERSEY, RIGHT

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. WOMAN VOTERS ASK HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR ACTION O...

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[National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the NWP Ratification Flag, representing another state's ratification of the 19th Amendment]

[National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of six National Woman's Party members gathered around and watching Alice Paul stitching ratification flag. Mabel Vernon (seated far left), Alice P... More

Richard Bennett, noted actor, calling at National Woman's Party Headquarters, underwrites the Equal Rights campaign, and declares: - "Certainly I am a feminist and will stand back of you women until the Equal Rights Amendment is passed by Congress." Mr. Bennett is surrounded by a group of National Woman's Party leaders. (Left to right) Anita Pollitzer, National Secretary of the Woman's Party, Richard Bennett, Wilma Henderson, National Organizer: (upper left) Mrs. Everett Bray, a Founder, and Jessica D. Henerson, member of the Massachusetts State Committee.

Richard Bennett, noted actor, calling at National Woman's Party Headqu...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of four National Woman's Party leaders with actor Richard Bennett, all seated reading document.

The constitutional amendment!. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The constitutional amendment!. Book illustration from Library of Congr...

One of a number of highly racist posters issued as part of a smear campaign against Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee John White Geary by supporters of Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer. (See also... More

Thomas Jefferson, July 31, 1775, Draft of Continental Congress Resolutions on Lord North's Conciliatory Proposal; with Amendment by Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson, July 31, 1775, Draft of Continental Congress Resolut...

Draft of Continental Congress Resolutions on Lord North's Conciliatory Proposal; with Amendment by Benjamin Franklin

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing President Grant sitting at the center of a large table, with several men clustered around, signing the 15th amendment granting that the right to vote cannot be denied on basis of race or color. Fr... More

The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.

The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.

Another of several large prints commemorating the celebration in Baltimore of the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3.) A group of black men, on horseback and wearing top hats... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

A slightly altered version of another print by the same title also issued by Metcalf and Clark (no. 1870-2), commemorating the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment and its celebration in Baltimore. In the cente... More

New York Solon. Washington, D.C., May 12. Rep. Hamilton Fish, republican of New York, today urged Senate approval of his proposal to conduct a referendum on the question of draft of man power in the event of war. Fish said he believed such a referendum could be conducted without a constitutional amendment. He is pictured as he appeared before the Senate referendum hearing

New York Solon. Washington, D.C., May 12. Rep. Hamilton Fish, republic...

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Members of the Congressional Union pasting advertisements announcing the procession organized by the Congressional Union for  Woman Suffrage which on May 9th, 1914 marched to the Capitol to present resolutions gathered in all parts of the United States calling upon Congress to take favorable action on the National Woman Suffrage Amendment.

Members of the Congressional Union pasting advertisements announcing t...

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More

Officers of the National Woman's Party who will direct the Woman's Liberty Drive which opens on Thanksgiving Day to raise funds to complete the ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. When the drive opens 20 states will have ratified, 19 have already taken favorable action, and a special session has been called in North Dakota for November 25. 16 states are still needed for the adoption of the amendment. These must be secured, according to suffrage leaders, by the first of March in order to enable women of the country to register in the primaries of all states. The Woman's Liberty Drive will be conducted in states which have already ratified the amendment and the funds will be used in campaigns to persuade reluctant governors to call special sessions of their state legislatures. "If special sessions were called a majority in enough of the legislatures is pledged to complete ratification tomorrow," Alice Paul, chairman of the National Woman's Party and Commander-in-Chief of the drive, stated today. Left to right - top row: Mrs. Agnes Morey of Brookline, Massachusetts chairman of Woman's Party. Mrs. Abby Scott Baker of Washington, political chairman, directing drive in New York state. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis of Philadelphia, finance chairman, touring all campaign states. Center: Mrs. O.H. P. Belmont, New York state chairman. Lower row: Mrs. Clara Snell Wolfe of Texas, directing drive in S.W. Mrs. Nelson Whittemore, Detroit, in charge of Michigan drive, state chairman. Mrs. Genevieve Allen, San Francisco, California chairman.

Officers of the National Woman's Party who will direct the Woman's Lib...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Group of seven portraits of National Woman's Party officers. On verso: Left to right - top row: Mrs. Agnes Morey, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Dora Lewis. Center: Alva Belmont. L... More

Last minute huddle. Washington, D.C., March 28. Senator Allen J. Ellender (left) whispers into the ear of Governor Richard W. Lesche of Louisiana today just before the Governor [...] before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee to urge passage of the Overton Amendment for construction of the Organza Flood Way in southern Louisiana. Gov. Lesche told the committee the people of his state [...] "Unanimous" urging the passage of the bill [...], he urged, would be of great aid to Louisians in averting Mississippi River floods, 3/28/38

Last minute huddle. Washington, D.C., March 28. Senator Allen J. Ellen...

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The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing President Grant sitting at the center of a large table, with several men clustered around, signing the 15th amendment granting that the right to vote cannot be denied on basis of race or color. Fr... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

Baldwin to Thomas T. Eckert, Friday, February 03, 1865  (Telegram reporting ratification of 13th Amendment by Maryland Senate)
Tennessee Governor urges passage of Norris Bill. Washington, D.C., May 17. Governor Prentice Cooper, of Tennessee, today told a House Military Affairs Subcommittee considering a bill which would permit the Tennessee Valley Authority to take over facilities was sound 'from every national, state, and local viewpoint.' He urged immediate passage of the Norris Bill amendment

Tennessee Governor urges passage of Norris Bill. Washington, D.C., May...

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Congress would give full consideration to the Equal Rights Amendment. They formed a Valentine's Day deputation to the President. The[y] are L to R- Mrs. Jessica Henderson, Brookline, Massachusetts.; Mrs. Anne Archbold, Maine; Mrs. William Draper, Maine; Sallie Hovey, New Hampshire; Hazel Mac Kaye, Massachusetts.; Gail Laughlin, Maine; Mrs. Ernest Schelling, Maine; Mary Kelly Macarty, Massachusetts.; Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, Conn.; Elsie Hill, Conn.

Congress would give full consideration to the Equal Rights Amendment. ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Ten National Woman's Party members from New England states in Washington, D.C. Left to R- Jessica Henderson, Anne Archbold, Mrs. William Draper, Sallie Hovey, Hazel Mac Kay... More

Senate battlers on Pure Politics Act. Washington, D.C., Mar 7. At odds on the Senate floor since the inception of The Hatch Act, but good personal friends are Senators Carol Hatch, D. of New Mexico, author of The Act to Purify Politics, and Senator Sherman Minton, Dem., of Indiana. Latest difference to develop was yesterday when Sen. Miller or Arkansas offered an amendment to draw the teeth from the act be allowing federal employes to 'voluntarily' take part in politics. The amendment was intended to be tacked on to a bill to extend the scope of the act to U.S. paid state and city employees. The Indiana senator, Democratic whip on the floor, acted as floor leader for The Miller Amendment, but the bill was defeated by three votes. Today, the two are as good friends as ever, 3-7-40

Senate battlers on Pure Politics Act. Washington, D.C., Mar 7. At odds...

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[Activist Phyllis Schafly wearing a "Stop ERA" badge, demonstrating with other women against the Equal Rights Amendment in front of the White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Activist Phyllis Schafly wearing a "Stop ERA" badge, demonstrating wi...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Demonstrators opposed to ERA in front of the White House, WKL, 2/4/77." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: U... More

Open air meeting at Washington, D.C., March 1913, calling upon Congress to pass the national woman suffrage amendment.  This photograph shows Mrs. John Rogers, sister-in-law of former Secretary of War, Stimpson [Stimson], and a member of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, speaking.

Open air meeting at Washington, D.C., March 1913, calling upon Congres...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Open-air photograph of Elizabeth S. Rogers speaking, half-length, in profile, wearing fur coat and hat. A man in bowler hat and a woman in hat with scarf securing it to her... More

[Mrs. James Rector of Columbus, Ohio consulting with W.D. Jameson on the suffrage amendment in the Tennessee legislature, with Miss Anita Pollitzer of Charleston, S.C., and Miss Sue White of Nashville, Tenn.] / Service Photographic Co., Columbus, Ohio.

[Mrs. James Rector of Columbus, Ohio consulting with W.D. Jameson on t...

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Alice Paul, leader of the feminist movement in America and vice president of the Woman's Party with Mildred Bryan, youngest Colorado feminist in the Garden of the Gods at Colorado Springs where the Party will present its Equal Rights Pageant on September 23rd, launching its western campaign for an amendment to the federal Constitution giving Equal Rights to women.

Alice Paul, leader of the feminist movement in America and vice presid...

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Equal rights to women would result in confusion, senate committee told. Washington, D.C., Feb. 8. Dean G. Acheson, former Undersecretary of the Treasury, today told the Senate judiciary subcommittee, that the proposed Constitutional Amendment granting "equal rights" to women would lead only to "confusion." It would confuse states in determining what constituted "equal rights" and would cause "many good laws" to be discarded, Acheson added, 3/8/38

Equal rights to women would result in confusion, senate committee told...

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U. S. Senate Hearing before Committee on Woman Suffrage on Joint Resolution proposing suffrage amendment to U. S. Constitution

U. S. Senate Hearing before Committee on Woman Suffrage on Joint Resol...

Statements by Anna Shaw, Belva Lockwood, Fannie Fernald of Maine, Isabel Barrows of New York, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, Ella Stewart of Illinois, Ida Husted Harper, Ella Hawley Crossett, Laura Clay, and Carrie Chap... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

Opposes Equal Rights Amendment . Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Dorothy Straus, New York attorney, today testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against the Equal Rights for Women Constitutional Amendment which is not being considered. The proposed amendment sponsored by Senator Burke and Townsend Reads "men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction..."

Opposes Equal Rights Amendment . Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Dorothy Str...

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The Home Loving Women Do Not Want the Ballot. Vote No To Amendment Eight. Fourth Place on Ballot.

The Home Loving Women Do Not Want the Ballot. Vote No To Amendment Eig...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Poster: "The Home Loving Women Do Not Want the Ballot. Vote No to Amendment 8 Fourth Place on Ballot."

Open air meeting at Washington, D.C. March 1913, calling upon Congress to pass the national woman suffrage amendment. Mrs. Mary Beard, wife of Professor Charles Beard of Columbia University, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, is speaking.

Open air meeting at Washington, D.C. March 1913, calling upon Congress...

Summary: Photograph of the back of Mary Beard, standing in car, speaking to crowd on street, Interior Dept. building in background. Automobiles and trolley on street. Title transcribed from item. A duplicate im... More

Miss Mildred Glines, chairman Rhode Island, NWP [National Woman's Party].  Through Miss Glines['s] efforts the Rhode Island Legislature has just passed a resolution calling upon Senators to work and vote for amendment.

Miss Mildred Glines, chairman Rhode Island, NWP [National Woman's Part...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Mildred H. Glines of Rhode Island, wearing wide-brimmed hat, wide-collared, light blouse with dark ti... More

Dorothy Thompson, Journalist.  Prominent member [of] NWP [National Woman's Party].  Lectured on feminism at Carleton Hotel, Wash[ington], D.C., Feb. 1936.  For Benefit of Equal Rights Amendment Fund. (Wife of Sinclair Lewis, Novelist).

Dorothy Thompson, Journalist. Prominent member [of] NWP [National Wom...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Dorothy Thompson, wearing fur. Courtesy of Bacharach Studio, 321 S. Washington St. Alexandria, VA. 22314.

Labor Board reports to the President Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Chairman Warren Madden, of the NLRB shown with other members of the Board after they reported to the President today at the White House. Madden said after the conference with the President that members of the Board for not believe that the Wagner Act needs revision. Madden, also advised the President of the Boards stand against amendment of revision, left to right. E.W. Smith, Madden, and Donald Wakefield Smith, 11/2/38

Labor Board reports to the President Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Chairma...

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James Y. Smith to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 03, 1865  (Telegram reporting ratification of 13th Amendment)
The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing President Grant sitting at the center of a large table, with several men clustered around, signing the 15th amendment granting that the right to vote cannot be denied on basis of race or color. Fr... More

Mrs. Mary Hutcheson Page of Boston, Massachusetts.  Mrs. Page is President of the Brookline Woman Suffrage Association. She is one of the most active workers for the national suffrage amendment.

Mrs. Mary Hutcheson Page of Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. Page is Presi...

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[Horse drawn float declares National American Woman Suffrage Association's support for Bristow-Mondell amendment.]

[Horse drawn float declares National American Woman Suffrage Associati...

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Conferring over ratification [of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution] at  [National Woman's Party] headquarters, Jackson Pl[ace] [Washington, D.C.].  L-R Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Anita Pollitzer, Alice Paul, Florence Boeckel, Mabel Vernon (standing, right)

Conferring over ratification [of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Consti...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of six National Woman's Party members gathered around a table. Left to R: Dora Lewis (seated), Abby Scott Baker (seated), Anita Pollitzer (standing), Alice Paul ... More

Mrs. H.T. Upton, prominent Rep. leader and Secy. Davis conferring on New Child Labor amendment

Mrs. H.T. Upton, prominent Rep. leader and Secy. Davis conferring on N...

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[People holding sign: "George Washington said: "The Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all." Uphold the 18th Amendment!"

[People holding sign: "George Washington said: "The Constitution which...

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The Fifteenth amendment - Print, Library of Congress collection

The Fifteenth amendment - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment. A reduced version of Kelly's large print "The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19t... More

The Fifteenth amendment - Print, Library of Congress collection

The Fifteenth amendment - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment. A reduced version of Kelly's large print "The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19t... More

Henry G. Blasdel to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 17, 1865  (Telegram reporting ratification of 13th Amendment)
Abolishing Slavery. Joint resolution of the thirty eight Congress of the United States of America, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery.

Abolishing Slavery. Joint resolution of the thirty eight Congress of t...

Includes list of Congressmen voting aye. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Majority Leader at the press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas who is the majority leader of the Senate telling the reporters that Congress is going to regulate wages and hours even if necessary to pass a Constitutional amendment. Is this the rebirth of the N.R.A.?

Majority Leader at the press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Sena...

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Elsie Hill speaking [at street meeting in St. Paul, Minn., during Prohibition Party convention that endorsed a plank advocating a suffrage amendment, July 1916]

Elsie Hill speaking [at street meeting in St. Paul, Minn., during Proh...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Elsie Hill, standing in the back seat of an automobile that is parked at curb, speaking to a crowd of people (mostly men} standing on a sidewalk, on a street ... More

N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washington, D.C., June 22. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York today asked the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to remove restrictions placed on the $1,735,000,000 relief bill by the House. LaGuardia also gave his support to an amendment restoring federal theater projects. Mayor LaGuardia, left, is shown Lowell Mellett, Executive Director of the National Emergency Council

N.Y. Mayor asks remove restrictions placed on relief bill [...] Washin...

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Mrs. H.T. Upton, prominent Rep. Leader and Secy. of Labor Davis on the amendment to the Child Labor Law

Mrs. H.T. Upton, prominent Rep. Leader and Secy. of Labor Davis on the...

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Myrtle Cain, the youngest woman legislator in the country. Farmer-Labor Rep. in the Minn. Legislature, who is in Wash. to secure pledges from the progressives in Congress to vote for the equal rights amendment

Myrtle Cain, the youngest woman legislator in the country. Farmer-Labo...

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A bill of rights as provided in the ten original amendments to the constitution of the United States in force December 15, 1791. [n. p. 1942?].

A bill of rights as provided in the ten original amendments to the con...

Printed on parchment paper.; Gift. Senator Robert L. Owen Oct. 14, 1942.; On verso: Bill of Rights; Gift Robert L. Owen Oct. 14, 1942. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as f... More

The constitutional amendment!. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The constitutional amendment!. Book illustration from Library of Congr...

One of a number of highly racist posters issued as part of a smear campaign against Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee John White Geary by supporters of Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer. (See also... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

Women's Suffrage Gains Point. House Judiciary Committee agrees to submit adverse report of suffrage amendment to full House

Women's Suffrage Gains Point. House Judiciary Committee agrees to subm...

House Chairman Jenkins opposed to suffrage amendment as a limit to states rights. NB: include ribbon here, as nothing specific known about it.

Nation-wide demonstrations were held on May 2nd in support of Federal Amendment. Envoys from these demonstrations brought petitions to Washington on May 9th and carried them in procession to Congress from Lafayette Square. Five thousand women massed on and about the East Steps of the Capitol singing Ethel Smyth's Hymn of the Women before entering the Rotunda to deliver the petitions.

Nation-wide demonstrations were held on May 2nd in support of Federal ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of large crowd of suffragists who took part in Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage procession of May 9, 1914, gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol (those... More

Miss Anne Martin, of Reno, Nevada, legislative chairman of the National Woman's Party on behalf of the national suffrage amendment.

Miss Anne Martin, of Reno, Nevada, legislative chairman of the Nationa...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, three-quarter length, Anne Martin, facing forward, seated in chair, with body turned slightly to left, wearing a suit with open-collared bl... More

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. GOV. SPROUL OF PENNSYLVANIA SIGNING SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. GOV. SPROUL OF PENNSYLVANIA SIGNING SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT

A group of people standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Equal Rights Envoys of the National Woman's Party who motored to Rapid City where the delegation, consisting principally of western women, saw President Coolidge and asked his aid for the Equal Rights Amendment now pending in Congress. The national delegates are here bidding farewell to Rapid City women who organized a branch in support of the Equal Rights program.

Equal Rights Envoys of the National Woman's Party who motored to Rapid...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of group of women standing outside waving. One vehicle behind them has banner, "Equal Rights Envoys to President Coolidge National Woman's Party."

3 principals before testifying before the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the start of the fight for amendment of the Volstead law

3 principals before testifying before the subcommittee of the Senate J...

Lincoln C. Andrews, Emery C. Ruckner, and John Philip Hill, three-quarter length portrait, standing outside Capitol. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: ... More

Indians confer with Rep. Sheppard. Washington D.C. Mar. 2. A Representative body of the California Indians called on Rep. Harry R. Sheppard of Cal. Today to ask the congressman to introduce a bill to place the Indians born since May 1929 would come under the award of 1928. the Indians were successful at the Representative introduced the amendment today. Left to Right: Rep. Harry R. Sheppard of Cal.; Julia Ross Gardner, Piute Indian from Bishop, Inyo County, Cal.; Celestine Pico Von Bullow, a Governor of Cal., Pachanga Indian from Riverside County, Cal.; and Tom Largo, Capuilla Indian from Riverside County, Cal. 3/2/1937

Indians confer with Rep. Sheppard. Washington D.C. Mar. 2. A Represent...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing President Grant sitting at the center of a large table, with several men clustered around, signing the 15th amendment granting that the right to vote cannot be denied on basis of race or color. Fr... More

The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.

The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.

Another of several large prints commemorating the celebration in Baltimore of the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3.) A group of black men, on horseback and wearing top hats... More

Pagent "The star of Ethiopia" to celebrate the XIII amendment ... October 11, 13 and 15, 1915 ... [Washington, D. C. ] Goins printing Co. 1344 You Street N. W. [1915].

Pagent "The star of Ethiopia" to celebrate the XIII amendment ... Octo...

Piece 1 and Piece 2 are Broadsides; Piece 3 is Printed Ephemera. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collec... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

Richard J. Oglesby to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 01, 1865  (Telegram reporting ratification of 13th Amendment)
[Theatre meeting to demand the Susan B. Anthony amendment for the enfranchisement of women. Wash., D. C.]

[Theatre meeting to demand the Susan B. Anthony amendment for the enfr...

Photograph shows several women seated on stage with one woman standing addressing the large audience; banner on stage reads "We demand the Susan B. Anthony amendment for the enfranchisement of women".

Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee, Grand Marshal of the procession organized by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage which on May 9th, 1914 marched to the Capitol to present resolutions gathered in all parts of the United States calling on Congress to take favorable action on the National Woman Suffrage Amendment.

Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee, Grand Marshal of the procession organized ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Postcard image of Juliet Rublee astride a horse with crowd of people in background.

National Woman's Party Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., in which the campaign for ratification of the suffrage amendment is being conducted, photographed on the day that Parley P. Christensen, presidential nominee for the new Farmer-Labor Party addressed a mass meeting, urging immediate ratification. Left to right: Rankin Smith, Central Trades and Labor Council; Jim F. Nicholson, Business Manager of the Machinist; W.C. Birthright, Secretary of the Tenn. Federation of Labor; Mrs. Anne Calvert Neely, Mississippi state chairman of the National Woman's Party; W.M. Mitchell; Mrs. Mabel Reber, of New York; Mrs. Walter C. Jackson of Murfreesboro; Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, of Wilmington, Delaware, member of the Executive Committee of the Woman's Party; Parley P. Christensen, Presidential candidate of the Farmer-Labor Party; Miss Sue White, of Nashville, Tennessee state chairman of the Woman's Party; W.M. Fox, president of the Trades and Labor Council; Miss Mary Winsor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, member of the Advisory Council of the Woman's Party; Archie Craig; Charles P. Sweeney.

National Woman's Party Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., in which the ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of group of women and men posing under "National Woman's Party" banner.

Pittsburgh women urge enactment of amendment to adminsitration's recovery program. Washington, D.C., May 23. Led by Mrs. Arnold M. Replogle, a delegation of Pittsburgh women today called on Senator James J. Davis to urge enactment of a amendment to administration of relief to local bodies, 52338

Pittsburgh women urge enactment of amendment to adminsitration's recov...

A group of people standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gener... More

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original design by James C. Beard.

The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870 / from an original ...

Another of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment, on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment and showing the grand May 19 celebratory parade in Baltimore. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3)... More

J. Gregory Smith to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 10, 1865  (Telegram reporting ratification of 13th Amendment in Vermont)
The constitutional amendment. Letter from Hon. Joseph P. Bradley, of New Jersey to Mr. Charles Knap, on the question of the number of states requisite to ratify an amendment to the constitution. [Washington, D. C, 1865].

The constitutional amendment. Letter from Hon. Joseph P. Bradley, of N...

The two pieces comprise a single closed leaflet that has separated at the fold. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full tex... More

Argument in Favor of Equal Suffrage Constitutional Amendment in Oregon

Argument in Favor of Equal Suffrage Constitutional Amendment in Oregon

Anne Fitzhugh Miller's autograph note on front cover: "This argument is to be sent by the Secretary of State to every Election District in the state of Oregon--and when a man goes to register, the registrar han... More

Baldwin to Thomas T. Eckert, Friday, February 03, 1865  (Telegram reporting ratification of 13th Amendment by Maryland Senate)
U. S. Senate Hearing before Committee on Woman Suffrage on Joint Resolution proposing suffrage amendment to U. S. Constitution

U. S. Senate Hearing before Committee on Woman Suffrage on Joint Resol...

Statements by Anna Shaw, Belva Lockwood, Fannie Fernald of Maine, Isabel Barrows of New York, Anne Fitzhugh Miller, Ella Stewart of Illinois, Ida Husted Harper, Ella Hawley Crossett, Laura Clay, and Carrie Chap... More

Mr. Dawson's motion, amended. Resolved by the Senate and House of representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled ... that the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the

Mr. Dawson's motion, amended. Resolved by the Senate and House of repr...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 219, Folder 23.

Petition to the Chairman and Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to support suffrage amendment
Suffragists Make Pleas at Congressional hearings on suffrage amendment

Suffragists Make Pleas at Congressional hearings on suffrage amendment

Speakers: Anna Shaw, Belva Lockwood, Fanny Fernald, and Harriet Taylor Upton.

The constitutional amendment. Letter from Hon. Joseph P. Bradley, of New Jersey to Mr. Charles Knap, on the question of the number of states requisite to ratify an amendment to the constitution. [Washington, D. C, 1865].

The constitutional amendment. Letter from Hon. Joseph P. Bradley, of N...

The two pieces comprise a single closed leaflet that has separated at the fold. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full tex... More

Virginia General Assembly. Amendment of Act to Establish Court of Assize. 1785.

Virginia General Assembly. Amendment of Act to Establish Court of Assi...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

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