The Electorate of the federal enclave of Kansas approves the “Wyandotte Constitution” (YEA. 10,429; NAY, 5,530):
- The Bill of Rights, Section 6 provides that “There shall be no slavery in this State, and no involuntary servitude, except for the punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”
- Article II, Section 23 extends the elective franchise to women, but only concerning “formation and regulation of schools. …”
- Article XV, Section 6 provides “for the protection of the rights of women, in acquiring and possessing property, real, personal and mixed, separate and apart from the husband; and shall also provide for their equal rights in the possession of their children.”
[updated 1/10/2025]
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Authority:
Article IV, Section 3 [Clauses 1 and 2]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 156.
Benjamin Perley Poore, ed., The Federal and State constitutions, colonial charters, and other organic laws of the United States, 2 volumes, (New York: B. Franklin, 1878), 1:610, 629.
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