Toward securing women’s right to vote
This 1884 petition signed by 139 residents of Jefferson Township, Richland County, Ohio, requests that Ohio Congressman G.W. Geddes endorse—and influence fellow...
Women speak out against slavery
Sixty-five Philadelphia women signed and presented this petition to Congress in 1844, urging the abolition of slavery. At that time, women in the United States were...
Zbigniew Brzezinski’s petition for naturalization
Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981, was born in Warsaw and entered the United States from Canada on March 7,...