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 the Read more
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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
By Lynne Garvey-Hodge, Fairfax County History Commissioner, 2019 Dr. Kate Waller Barrett built a legacy of contributions to suffrage in Virginia and the country on her belief in the power of motherhood. A widow with six children, she gave her intelligence, time and compassion to an enormous number of international Read more
By Liz Almlie, a member of the South Dakota League of Women Voters, and Historic Preservation Specialist with the State Historic Preservation Office. Rose Bower was born on May 16, 1873 in Vermillion, Dakota Territory to a family that was among the earliest settlers, arriving in 1870. The granddaughter of Read more
Katharine Houghton Hepburn, mother of actress Katharine Hepburn, was an ardent suffragist and head of the Connecticut Woman’s Suffrage Association. Katharine Houghton Hepburn was a part of the 1913 delegation that traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Woodrow Wilson about the question of suffrage. Read more
Lorena King Fairbank, who was a member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (ACA) and the Association of American University Women (AAUW) for more than 60 years, graduated from the University of Chicago in 1899. She was a member of the delegation led by ACA founder Marion Talbot to the annual meeting in St. Read more
Maud Wood Park, née Maud Wood, (born Jan. 25, 1871, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died May 8, 1955, Melrose, Mass.), American suffragist whose lobbying skills and grasp of legislative politics were successfully deployed on behalf of woman suffrage and welfare issues involving women and children. Park attended St. Agnes Read more
by Roxie Olmstead Many heroines from the suffragist movement made the right for women to vote for the first time in 1920 possible after ratification of the 19th Amendment for Equal Rights. This writing relates the story of only one of those women, Anna Kelton Wiley. Born March 8, 1877 in Oakland, California to Read more
A lifelong resident of Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to graduating from Cleveland Law School in 1912, Grossman served as a legal secretary for 16 years. In 1918, she was one of the first women to be given membership in the American Bar Association. Grossman was the treasurer of the Woman Suffrage Party of Greater Read more
Felice Cohn was born in Carson City, Nevada and graduated from Washington Law School. Cohn was one Nevada’s first women lawyers, admitted to the bar in 1902 and began practicing law at age 18. She was admitted to the California bar in 1908 and the Supreme Court bar in 1916 as the fourth woman with […]Read more