Advocate who Picketed for Women’s Voting Rights By Kathleen Bowen Simons November 19, 2021 Although my little sister and I called her Aunt Mary, Mary Elizabeth Donegan was our great aunt, the sister of our grandmother. Mary was born on April 18, 1895 in Washington, D.C. She had four siblings who survived pastRead more
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By Edith P. Mayo, Curator Emerita of the Smithsonian Museum of American History Phoebe Apperson Hearst played a major role in the suffrage movement as one of its financiers. At the turn of the 20th century, Hearst was one of the best known and most revered women in the nation. Today, her name is barely […]Read more
By Edith P. Mayo, Curator Emerita of the Smithsonian Museum of American History Alva Belmont, often referred to as Mrs. O.H. P. Belmont (1853-1933), was the most important financier of the militant wing of the suffrage movement in the United States. She largely financed the Congressional Union (while stillRead more
By Dr. C Elisabeth Palmer Johnson, Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Honorary Board Nellie May Quander, a native of Washington, DC, was the descendant of two prominent free Black Virginia families who had been enslaved by George Washington. Her parents were John Pierson Quander and Hannah Bruce Ford Quander. HerRead more
Lorton, VA (May 16, 2021) – The first national memorial to cover the entire suffragist movement from 1848-1920 will be dedicated on Sunday, May 16, 2021, at 2 p.m.(EDT). The culmination of a 13-year effort, the garden-style memorial takes visitors on a journey through 19 informational stations dedicated toRead more
By Nancy E. Tate, Co-chair, 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative Mary Morris Hall Lockwood’s suffrage work in Virginia included founding the Alexandria County (now Arlington County) branch of the Equal Suffrage League in 1912. The following year, she became active in the Congressional Union for WomanRead more
By Edith Mayo, for the Turning Point Suffragist website African American Women Leaders in the Suffrage Movement Terrell was a writer, educator, suffragist, and civil rights activist as well as a prime mover among Black women suffragists and clubwomen of the 20th century. She was the daughter of a millionaireRead more
Constitution Day 2020 September 17, 2020 Dear Friend, We suffrage supporters have much to celebrate this year. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing most women to vote, reached its centennial anniversary last month, 133 years after it was signed in 1787. Passage of the 19th was alsoRead more
By Liz Almlie, Historic Preservation Specialist, South Dakota State Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office Jane Elizabeth Van Meter was born in Vermillion, Dakota Territory on September 21, 1861 to Arthur Charles Van Meter and Mary Aungie Van Meter. Her mother was a Dakota woman from theRead more
The first governor of the Territory of Alaska made his mark on suffrage history by putting his signature on legislation extending the right to vote to women. Walter E. Clark was born to a farming family in Ashford, Connecticut and became a school teacher who, by the age of 19, secured a position as principal […]Read more