Signing of Woman Suffrage Proclamation, Augusta, 1917
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Maine Historical Society
In the spring of 1919, the federal amendment enfranchising women passed the U.S. House and Senate and was sent to the states for ratification.
Senator Guy Gannett of Augusta, on behalf of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association, introduced a bill to give Maine women the right to vote in presidential elections. It passed, but the anti suffrage movement got enough petitions signed to send it to referendum, as had occurred in 1917.
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