Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Winfield Scott Reed wrote to Alice Wood, secretary of the Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage for Women, in reply to a letter from the organization.
He said he believed suffrage should be a state -- not a federal -- issue. He also said he believed people have a right to vote on whether to allow woman suffrage in Maine.
Reed was a Democrat serving in the Maine Legislature from Piscataquis County.
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About This Item
- Title: Reed letter on suffrage vote, Bangor 1916
- Creator: Winfield Scott Reed
- Creation Date: 1916-09-21
- Subject Date: 1916
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 28 cm x 21.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 56, Box 1/7
- Collection: Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage for Women records
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage for Women
- States' rights (American politics)
- Suffrage--Maine
- Women's rights--Maine
- Women's suffrage--Maine
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