Telegram to the Tennessee Legislature and the sixty three members of the House who signed it
Contributors: Tennessee. General Assembly; Aycock, C. R. (Clarence R.); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Women; Suffrage; States' rights (American politics); North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives; United States
Other titles: Telegram to the General Assembly of Tennessee.; The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Sixty-three members of the North Carolina House are listed as opposed to the Susan B. Anthony amendment (19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which granted women the right to vote, a right that could not be denied by federal or state governments) in this note to the Tennessee Legislature urging their concurrence with the N.C. House.  The amendment would interfere with state sovereignty according to these members of the House.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed October 25, 2002)

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Transcribed from: Telegram to the Tennessee Legislature and the sixty three members of the House who signed it. [Raleigh, N.C. : The House, 1920] 1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 16 x 18 cm. Caption title: Telegram to the General Assembly of Tennessee. "August 11, 1920." -- P. [1]. Signed: Aycock, C. B. [i.e. R.], ... [et. al.]

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