Declaration of T.H. Mundine, July 8, 1868

In 1868, a group of delegates was elected to write a new state constitution that would allow Texas to rejoin the Union. T.H. Mundine of Burleson County introduced a declaration that would put the right of equal suffrage for women in the new constitution. Mundine's declaration was recommended by the Committee on State Affairs but rejected by the convention as a whole.

Mundine's Declaration | Committee majority report | Committee minority report | Back to exhibit

Mundine's Declaration | Committee majority report | Committee minority report | Back to exhibit

Declaration of T.H. Mundine, July 8, 1868, Texas Reconstruction Convention, 1868, First Session, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.