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妇女将这张「投票给妇女」的明信片从她们在纽约的投票所寄到全国各地
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凯丽．伯恩罕 (Carrie
Burnham) 争取投票权：1873年4月4日
在1871年10月，凯丽．伯恩罕前往费城的投票所投票。当负责人员拒绝接受她的选票时，伯恩罕向中级法院提起诉讼，并且根据她符合自由人与美国公民的身份，要求享有投票的权利。因为最后没有赢得胜诉，她于是向宾州最高法院提起上诉。你知道最后裁决结果是什么吗？
In October 1871, Carrie Burnham went to the polls in her home city of Philadelphia to vote. When officials rejected her ballot, Burnham took her case to the Court of Common Pleas and petitioned for her right to vote on the grounds that she met the legal definition of a "freeman" and a citizen of the United States. With no success there, she went before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. What was its verdict?
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