Ephemera pertaining to The Womans Right Oil & Gas Company, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, c. 1917.
Three items:
1. Letter (TLS; 8.5 x 7.25 in.) on letterhead of the company, signed by secretary-treasurer, to an agent in Tulsa concerning oil exploration. 2. Prospectus of the company; argues that with increasing demand for oil and gas, exploration of proven fields represent an opportunity for the investor. "On account of the World wide war, into which our country has been forced, the demand for oil and gasoline is on the increase... The increased use of oil and gasoline in transportation, both on land and sea, make them as necessary to the U.S. Government to execute its war plans...as its reserve supply of powder and steel and other war munitions." Goes on to justify female ownership of the company: "As indicated by its title, this is a womans [sic] company; the officers and management are comprised of women. There is no valid reason why a woman familiar with the oil business, cannot carry on the work as well as a man. WE CAN DO SO AND WILL." 3. Form letter offering stock in the company to potential investors, with text similar to the prospectus; signed by secretary-treasurer.
This company must have been in operation a very short time, an Internet search finding no mention of it whatsoever. A rare grouping!
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