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In 1893, state senator Michael Senn sponsored Senate Bill 94, An Act conferring upon Women the Right to Vote, before the Kansas Legislature. The Judiciary Committee, chaired by A. W. Dennison, recommended to the Senate that the bill not be passed. Kansas women gained the right to vote in municipal elections in 1887, but it was not until 1912 that the state approved full female suffrage.
Creator: Kansas Legislature.
Date: 1893
This source can be used within the classroom as an example of how, in 1893, the state was not yet willing to grant full suffrage to women.
KS:7th:4.1:Women's suffrage (2005)
Item Number: 208583
Call Number: Secretary of State, Legislative Documents, Box 34492 Folder S.B. 94-1893
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208583
Collections - State Archives - Secretary of State
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Women's suffrage (Indicator 1) - Amendment to state constitution
Date - 1890s - 1893
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Women
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature - Senate
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/208583
