- Collection:
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
- Title:
- House of Representatives Debate Equal Pay for Female Teachers
- Publisher:
- Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1873
- Subject:
- African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- A transcript of a debate held in the Arkansas House of Representatives regarding a proposed bill to pay female teachers, regardless of color, the same amount of money as their male counterparts.
Women -- Equal Pay -- Education -- Little Rock -- Pulaski
NOES—Neal Brown, Chapman, Cate, Cunningham, Erwin, Eagle, Foster, Lynn, Matheny, Nunn, Reld, Robinson, Shapard, Thomason, Wright—15. Also, house bill to repeal section 1 of an act establishing a separate court of chancery, recommending it do not pass. Laid on the table. Mr. KENT. I give notice I will move a reconsideration of the vote just taken. Mr. SUMPTER. I raise a point of order. Mr. Fox has the floor making reports. Sustained. Mr. KENT. Did not the chair recognize me? The CHAIR. Yes. Mr. KENT. Then why am I not in order? The CHAIR. Mr. Fox has the floor. Mr. KENT. Was the chair addressing me or Mr. Fox? The CHAIR. The chair does not know. Mr. KENT. I think that your last statement is correct, and about the only correct one you made. Also, house bill exempting Pulaski county from the provisions of the act establishing criminal courts in certain counties, recommending it do not pass. Laid on table and made the special order for Tuesday at 11 o’clock. Also, house bill requiring public officers to furnish copies of records, recommending its passage with amendments. Made the special order for Monday at 11 ½ o’clock. Arkansas Gazette, April 6, 1873 Source: Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/1288
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:1288/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright.
- Original Collection:
- Arkansas Gazette, April 6, 1873
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
- Rights:
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