COMING SOON: America’s Forgotten Suffrage Couple by Nicole Evelina
The very first full-length biography of Virginia and Francis Minor.
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—–. “Address to The House Judiciary Committee.” February 20, 1886. History of Woman Suffrage vol. IV, 78.
—-. Letter from Mrs. Francis Minor to Charles Henry Hardin, December 12, 1875. Papers of Charles Henry Hardin, Box 6, Folder 14, Missouri State Archives—Jefferson City.
—–. Statement before the U.S. Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage – Jan. 24, 1889.
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Virginia and Francis Minor Memorial Institute 