Charles Robinson
Ephraim Pound
George Bishop
E.S. Pound
Mrs. M.A. Mather
George Robinson
Harriette S. Brigham
Rebecca L. Foltz
Eunice F. Engel
Mary E. Foltz
Isabella Fish
D. Foltz
L. Cook
Mrs. P.W. Atwood
A. Leyman
S. Wheeler
Betsey A. Fox
Henry Fox
Justus Dunn
Millicent C. Hale
Eliza Cunningham
Mrs. H.L. Bussell
Elmina C. Huggins
J.R. Hanks
C.J. Russell
L.A. Hotchkiss
W.C. Gray
G.H. Batten
William North
John Bamford
George E. Baker
James W. Farrington
Harlow Kline
E.A. Atwood
L.H. Swan
Alfred Davis
A. Reynolds
S.G. Chidsey
G.W. Cady
Allen Lowe
S. Garrison
J.E. Moore
D.J. Lewis
S.M. Cunningham
Bell Cunningham
C.A. Kimball
Mrs. A.S.G. Holt
Edward P. Thomas
M. Gillpatrick
Ann J. Palmer
Elizabeth S. Brown
R.M. Fish
B.W. Atwood
A.M. Fitch
W.A. Engle

This is a petition sent to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention of Kansas in support of equal political rights for Kansas women. The petition, dated 1859, protests against “any Constitutional distinctions based upon sex,” and is signed by Charles Robinson and 14 others. A second copy of the petition from Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas is signed by 69 men and women.

1859

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Women
Wyandotte Constitutional Convention

Charles Robinson
Ephraim Pound
George Bishop
E.S. Pound
Mrs. M.A. Mather
George Robinson
Harriette S. Brigham
Rebecca L. Foltz
Eunice F. Engel
Mary E. Foltz
Isabella Fish
D. Foltz
L. Cook
Mrs. P.W. Atwood
A. Leyman
S. Wheeler
Betsey A. Fox
Henry Fox
Justus Dunn
Millicent C. Hale
Eliza Cunningham
Mrs. H.L. Bussell
Elmina C. Huggins
J.R. Hanks
C.J. Russell
L.A. Hotchkiss
W.C. Gray
G.H. Batten
William North
John Bamford
George E. Baker
James W. Farrington
Harlow Kline
E.A. Atwood
L.H. Swan
Alfred Davis
A. Reynolds
S.G. Chidsey
G.W. Cady
Allen Lowe
S. Garrison
J.E. Moore
D.J. Lewis
S.M. Cunningham
Bell Cunningham
C.A. Kimball
Mrs. A.S.G. Holt
Edward P. Thomas
M. Gillpatrick
Ann J. Palmer
Elizabeth S. Brown
R.M. Fish
B.W. Atwood
A.M. Fitch
W.A. Engle

Kansas City, Missouri
Shawnee County, Kansas
Jackson County, Missouri

Petition

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Territorial Records, 27-01-05-04, Folder 10

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