Vernon, Mabel (1883-1975)

edited by
Cheryl Ruth Jorgensen-Earp

13 July 2006

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. The text of this speech is taken from the transcript published in The Suffragist, Vol. V, #98, December 22, 1917, pp. 9-10.

The copy-text is Vernon 1917. This is the only version of the speech, published or in draft form, found at this time.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings

Library of Congress Classification

National Woman’s Party National Advisory Council Conference
Washington, D.C.

English

National Woman’s Party
Women–Suffrage–United States–History
Women’s Rights–United States
Vernon, Mabel
United States–Politics and Government
Wilson’s Administration, 1913-1921
Political Rights–Practical Politics–Suffrage
Suffrage–United States

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2006-04-25

VOD Associate Editor
Gaines, Robert N.

Created TEI header and xml conformant file. Validated on 25 March 2006 in XMetal 3.1.3 against teixlite.dtd (version 2004-07-16)

2006-07-13

editor
Jorgensen-Earp, Cheryl Ruth

compiled electronic text