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This sign was installed in Dublin, IN in 2003 by Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Women's History Association, Indiana Commission for Women, and Town of Dublin. [1] The Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association (IWSA) began on October 15, 1851, in Dublin, Wayne County, Indiana. [2] IWSA was created for men and women to fight for women's right to vote.
"The Constitution of the State of Indiana" (PDF). Indiana: State of Indiana. 1851. Thornbrough, Emma Lou (1995). Indiana in the Civil War Era 1850–1880. The History of Indiana. Vol. III. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 0871950502. Thornbrough, Emma Lou (1993). The Negro in Indiana Before 1900: A Study of a Minority. Bloomington ...
By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage. [9] Maryland passes a law to allow Jews to vote. [10] Maryland was the last state to remove religious restrictions for voting. [11]
Hoosiers will decide who will lead several important state and federal offices in 2024. These are the important dates and deadlines to remember. Indiana elections: Add these 12 important dates to ...
The Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Act faced extreme opposition in the state of Indiana after two men filed lawsuits against the constitutionality of the Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Act. Henry W. Bennett filed a lawsuit in 1917 against the constitutional convention law claiming that the expense of holding a convention was too great. [5]
University of Chicago, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois rules that a law school was not required to police the discriminatory practices of employers using its placement facilities. The court found the law school an employment agency, but that employment agencies are only obligated to refer potential employees ...
The surge of felony disenfranchisement laws after the Civil War led many to conclude that the laws were implemented as part of a strategy to disenfranchise African Americans, especially as the policy was expanded in conjunction with the Black Codes, which established severe penalties for petty crimes and especially targeted African Americans. [14]
Starting July 1, Indiana parents may see big changes to their children's lives at all educational levels. Third graders may be held back to improve reading skills, high schoolers will be able to ...