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At the beginning of the afternoon session, on Friday, April 2, 1858, suffrage was briefly discussed, with Samuel N. Wood moving to strike "male" wherever it occurred in the instrument and "to insert after the word 'he' the words 'or she." The motion failed, but 20 delegates supported what arguably amounted to an equal rights amendment for women. The yeas and nays were recorded.
Creator: Tappan, S. F. (Samuel Forster), -1913
Date: April 2, 1858
Item Number: 1202
Call Number: History Constitutions, Journal No. 570
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1202
Collections - Manuscript - History
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
People - Notable Kansans - Adams, F. G. (Franklin George), 1824-1899
People - Notable Kansans - Tappan, Samuel Forster
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
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