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Maine woman suffrage petition, 1858

Maine woman suffrage petition, 1858
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Maine State Archives

An 1858 petition, signed mostly by women, asks the Maine Legislature to grant women the right to vote.

Women petitioned for suffrage at both the state and national level until the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave all American women voting rights in 1920.

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