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The New York Times, July 9, 1920 – The Louisiana House fails to reconsider its earlier rejection of the Suffrage Amendment, making Louisiana the eighth state to reject it. read clipping

The New York Times, July 9, 1920 – The governor of Vermont says he is still undecided about calling the Legislature into session. read clipping

The New York Times, July 11, 1920 – The governor of California tells the governor of Tennessee the benefits of having women vote, including cleaner government and more effective promotion of the moral welfare of the people. read clipping

The New York Times, July 11, 1920 – The National Woman’s Party backs Democratic presidential nominee Governor James M. Cox of Ohio over Republican nominee Senator Warren G. Harding, also from Ohio, because Governor Cox has been more active in attempting to secure the thirty-sixth state needed for the Suffrage Amendment. read clipping

The New York Times, July 11, 1920 – Comparing the two national political conventions, the Democrats welcomed women to play a bigger role than the Republicans did. The Republicans may have felt they had already sufficiently supported women since more Republican states, than Democratic states, had ratified the Suffrage Amendment. read clipping