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The Kansas Supreme Court case file of Mary Page Wright vs. Julius H. Noell. Noell contested the election of Wright to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in Coffey County, Kansas. The opinion of the court ruled that women are eligible to hold public office because "there is not only no express, constitutional disqualification of females, and no affirmative statement of qualifications which would exclude them; but there is nothing in the language of the section creating the office, nor in the duties imposed by law upon the officer, which would imply the necessary or intended exclusion of either sex." A searchable transcription of the published report is available by clicking "Text Version" below.
Creator: Kansas. Supreme Court
Date: 1876
Item Number: 305733
Call Number: Kansas Supreme Court, Case files, Case 566 S-II
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305733
Collections - State Archives - Kansas Supreme Court
Date - 1870s - 1874
Date - 1870s - 1875
Date - 1870s - 1876
Education
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
People - Women
Places - Counties - Coffey
Type of Material - Printed materials - Government publications
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/305733