Struggle & Resistance Achievement & Excellence

January 1838

By 1837–38 the American Anti-Slavery Society coordinates mass petition campaigns with hundreds of thousands of signatures — mostly from women, who could not vote. Over 130,000 petitions with 2 million signatures flood Congress in a single session. The Gag Rule exists specifically to suppress these. The petitions represent the largest organized political action by women in US history to that point.

Events

1838
Women Submit Thousands of Anti-Slavery Petitions to Congress
By 1837–38 the American Anti-Slavery Society coordinates mass petition campaigns with hundreds of thousands of signatures — mostly from women, who could not vote. Over 130,000 petitions with 2 million signatures flood Congress in a single session. The Gag Rule exists specifically to suppress these. The petitions represent the largest organized political action by women in US history to that point.
1838
Women Submit Hundreds of Thousands of Anti-Slavery Petitions
The American Anti-Slavery Society coordinates mass petition campaigns collecting hundreds of thousands of signatures — mostly from women who could not vote. Over 130,000 petitions with 2 million signatures flood Congress in a single session. The Gag Rule exists specifically to suppress them. The campaigns represent the largest organized political action by women in US history to that point.