Two (2) 1901 Daughters of Liberty Withdrawal Cards

Springvale, Maine: Daughters of Liberty, 1901. Very good. Toned with letter folds, short tears.. Two (2) certified Withdrawal Cards (i.e. membership cards) held by members of Daughters of Liberty in 1901. The Daughters of Liberty was a female auxiliary of the Order of United American Mechanics, a Nativist organization organized in the 19th century that opposed immigration. Its core belief was that cheap immigrant labor was putting native-born Americans out of work (sound familiar?) and that immigration should be stopped to protect the integrity of the "real" America. An ugly chapter in an ongoing battle over who gets to claim the label "American". It goes without saying that only White women were allowed to join the Daughters of Liberty. Eventually, the Nativist core of the group subsided and it became largely devoted to insurance for workers. These particular membership certificates are finished in ink and were granted to Jennie and [?] Baker of Springvale, Maine, in May of 1901. Each is blind stamped with the society's seals and signed by three of the group's officers. Each measures approx. 8.25" by 10.75", with by laws printed on versos.