House Unpassed Legislation 1855, Docket 4046, SC1/series 230, Petition of Sarah H. Earle

Petition subject: Striking out the word "male" wherever it occurs in the Massachusetts constitution Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005534 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Harrison Bliss, Worcester; committee on constitutional amendments Selected signatures:Sarah H. EarleThomas Wentworth HigginsonAnne H. SouthwickCaleb A. WallCharles A. ChaseSarah CheneySarah E. ChaseLucy ChaseSarah F. EarleEffingham L. Capron Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-15,1855-02-16 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1855 and referred to the committee on constitutional amendments and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 16, 1855 and concurred Total signatures: 137 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 33 Female signatures: 66 Unidentified signatures: 38 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: women's suffrage Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1855, Docket 4046 Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.