ames I cannot recall." As the result of the effort thus
made the legislature of 1871 memorialized the constitutional
convention relative to submitting the question to the electors.
The proceedings given in the journals are as follows:

February 4, 1871, Mr. J. C. Myers announced that ladies were
in the gallery, and desired to present a petition. A
committee was appointed to wait on them. D. J. Quimby
introduced a resolution asking an opinion of the
attorney-general as to whether in accepting the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments we grant the right of suffrage to
women. It was carried, and the memorial, the opinion, and
the governor's message were referred to the judiciary
committee, which reported through Mr. Galey as follows:

_Whereas_, The constitution of the State of Nebraska
prohibits the women of said State from exercising the right
of the elective franchise; and

_Whereas_, Taxation without representation is repugnant to a
republican form of government, and applies to women as well
as all other citizens of this State; and

_Whereas_, All laws which make any distinction between the
political rights and privileges of males and females are
unbecoming to the people of this State in the year 1871 of
the world's progress, and tend only to deprive the latter of
the means necessary for their own protection in the various
pursuits and callings of life. Therefore be it

_Resolved_, By the House of Representatives of the State of
Nebraska, that the constitutional convention to be begun and
holden on the--day of May, 1871, for the purpose of
revising and amending the constitution of said State, is
hereby most respectfully and earnestly requested to draft
such amendment to the constitution of this State as will
allow the women thereof to exercise the right of the
elective franchise and afford to them such other and further
relief as to that honorable body may be deemed wise,
expedient and proper; and be it further

_Resolved_, That said convention is hereby most respectfully
and earnestly requested to make such provision (when said
amendment shall be submitted to a vote