AN OLD TOWN INDIAN WOMAN DESIRES THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE
Sprague's Journal of Maine History
Volume 9, No. 1
1921
Published by John Francis Sprague
Dover, Maine
page 44-45

The following was recently received by Governor Baxter:
Old Town, Maine, February 21, 1921

Percival P. Baxter, 
Governor of Maine
Augusta, Maine

Dear Sir:

Now that the women of Maine have full suffrage, we, the wards 
of the State of Maine, members of the Penobscot tribe, believe that 
we should have the right to vote in all tribal meetings.  We are
informed that the present agent of our tribe submitted the question 
of whether Indian women had such right to the last State admin-
istration but that Secretary Ball gave no definite answer.  Local 
attorney advised that we always had the right to vote and that the 
agent cannot refuse to accept our votes at election time and sort 
and count the same, as provided by statute.

Will you kindly refer this matter to the attorney general's office 
that our agent may be fully informed in the premises.

Yours very truly,
(Signed)  Mrs. Peter Nicolar.


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