Suffragists in South Dakota
Irene G. Adams, Webster: vice-president and president of SD Equal Suffrage Association 1890-1892.
Rev. M. Barker, Huron: secretary (staff) of SD Equal Suffrage Association 1889-1890.
Helen M. Barker, Huron: legislative committee with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Franchise Department 1887 (brought women’s suffrage petitions to the legislature where equal suffrage was reported from committee but failed on the floor), presided at state suffrage convention in Huron October 1889, state lecturer and organizer of SD Equal Suffrage Association (ESA) 1889, executive committee of SD ESA 1890.
May B. Billinghurst, East Pierre: state legislative committee and secretary of northeast district for SD Universal Franchise League (UFL) 1913-1914, contributor to suffrage publication South Dakota Messenger1913-1914, advisory committee of SD UFL 1915-1916.
Susie Bird, Belle Fourche: northwest district president for SD Universal Franchise League 1914, advisory committee of SD Universal Franchise League 1915.
Marietta M. Bones, Webster: National Women’s Suffrage Association vice-president for Dakota Territory 1881-1890, primary advocate at 1883 statehood convention in Sioux Falls.
Rose Bower, Rapid City: suffrage lecturer, columnist, lobbyist, and musician 1907-1917; secretary SD Equal Suffrage Association (ESA) 1907-1909; state superintendent of Franchise Department of Women’s Christian Temperance Union 1908; part of Ohio campaign 1912 and New York State campaign with Carrie Chapman Catt 1915.
Etta Estey Boyce, Sioux Falls: legislative committee of SD Universal Franchise League 1915 and 1917.
Jane Rooker Breeden, Pierre: superintendent of literature, and press committee for SD Equal Suffrage Association (ESA) 1896-1900; auditor for SD ESA 1909, legislative committee for SD ESA, president of Pierre Equal Suffrage Association.
Mina E. Campbell, Sioux Falls: treasurer Minnehaha County Equal Suffrage Association 1909-1910; secretary of expenditure committee for the state campaign 1910, advisory board for South Dakota Universal Franchise League 1915-1917, and Minnehaha County suffrage campaign chair 1918.
Emmer Cook, Huron: treasurer for SD Universal Franchise League 1916-1918.
Simeon H. Cranmer, Ipswich/Huron/Aberdeen: advocate for suffrage at 1885 statehood convention, president of Aberdeen Equal Suffrage Association (ESA) 1890.
Emma A. Cranmer, Ipswich/Huron/Aberdeen: lecturer, lobbyist, president 1891-1894 and state lecturer and organizer 1897 of SD Equal Suffrage Association (ESA), president of SD Women’s Christian Temperance Union 1892-1895, and national lecturer 1898.
Alice Lorraine Daly, Madison: member of finance/fundraising department of SD Universal Franchise League 1918.
Emma Smith DeVoe, Huron: lecturer and organizer for SD Equal Suffrage Association (ESA) and assistant state superintendent of the Franchise Department for SD Women’s Christian Temperance Union in 1889-1890; DeVoe house was headquarters for the 1890 campaign.
John H. DeVoe, Huron: executive committee 1889 and superintendent of music 1890 SD Equal Suffrage Association (ESA), founding president Beadle County ESA 1890.
Mary A. Dilger, Rapid City: recording secretary SD Universal Franchise League 1912-1914.
Lorena King Fairbank, Huron: treasurer and on executive committee of five SD Votes for Women Campaign 1909-1912, first vice-president SD Equal Suffrage League 1910, vice-chair of state board Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage 1917.
Hattie E. Fellows, Sioux Falls: state chair of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage/National Woman’s Party 1917-1920.
Edith Medbery Fitch, Hurley: vice-president 1909 and publicity/press committee chair 1910 of SD Equal Suffrage Association; southeast district organizer 1911, and district auditor 1912-1913 and district press chair 1914 for SD Universal Franchise League.
Kate Uline Folger, Watertown: secretary / corresponding secretary of SD Equal Suffrage Association 1894-1896.
May P. Ghrist, Miller: lecturer and vice-president of SD Universal Franchise League 1915-1918, state board 1919 SD League of Women Voters.
Nana E. Gilbert, Salem: press chair South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association 1910.
Rebecca B. Hager, Madison/Aberdeen: secretary Lake County Equal Suffrage Association (ESA) and vice-president of Madison ESA 1890, franchise chair for SD Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
Nettie C. Hall, Wessington Springs: organizer, lecturer, and superintendent of election work SD Equal Suffrage Association 1890, lecturer 1891-1893.
Sophia M. Harden, Woonsocket/Huron: vice-president of SD Equal Suffrage Association (ESA) 1890-1892.
Ruth B. Hipple, Pierre: editor South Dakota Messenger1912-1914 and legislative committee and press department chair 1916-1918 SD Universal Franchise League, state board 1919 SD League of Women Voters.
Florence Jeffries, Fort Pierre: superintendent of contest work 1897, corresponding secretary and national delegate 1906-1909, organizer 1910 for SD Equal Suffrage Association (ESA).
Lydia B. Johnson, Fort Pierre: president SD Equal Suffrage Association 1909-1910, lecturer and lobbyist 1912-1918.
Philena Everett Johnson, Highmore: lobbying 1889; president SD Equal Suffrage Association 1890-1891, vice-president SD Political Equality Association 1900-1901, state superintendent for franchise and legislation SD Women’s Christian Temperance Union 1905-1910, died in 1911 after contracting pneumonia while lobbying for suffrage at the state capitol.
Della Robinson King, Scotland: superintendent of literature, editor of suffrage publication the South Dakota Messengerand author of Thoughts of a Thoughtful Woman1898.
Rev. Henrietta C. Lyman, Pierre: treasurer 1895 and lecturer 1895-1896, 1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Linnie B. McCrossan, Sioux Falls: expenditure committee chair 1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Wilhelmina M. Oleson, Deadwood: third vice-president and member of finance committee 1909-1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Rev. Nina D. Pettigrew, Spearfish/Belle Fourche: legislative committee 1909, president of West River district 1909, state campaign committee 1909-1910, SD Equal Suffrage Association, president of northwest campaign district 1913-1914, lecturer and member of state advisory board 1916-1918, SD Universal Franchise League.
Alice M.A. Pickler, Faulkton: lobbied state legislature 1887 (brought women’s suffrage petitions to the legislature where equal suffrage was reported from committee but failed on the floor), 1889, 1907; delegate to national convention 1889 and 1891; state superintendent of franchise 1889 and 1916, and lecturer 1891 WCTU; executive committee 1890-1892, vice-president 1897-1898, president 1907-1909, campaign committee 1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association; vice-president 1912-1913 SD Universal Franchise League; circulation/Suffragistchair 1917 SD branch of National Woman’s Party.
Major John A. Pickler, Faulkton: legislator introduced suffrage bill to territorial legislature 1885, delegate to national convention 1889 and 1891; campaigner 1891.
Rev. Katherine W. Powell, Custer/Spearfish: campaign committee 1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association; southwest district president 1913-1914, advisory board 1915-1917, lecturer 1916 SD Universal Franchise League.
Mamie Shields Pyle, Huron: president 1910-1912 SD Equal Suffrage Association; president, organizer and lobbyist 1912-1919 SD Universal Franchise League; president 1919-1922 SD League of Women Voters.
Luella A. Ramsey, Woonsocket: lobbyist 1905-1909, campaign committee 1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Samuel A. Ramsey, Woonsocket: first president of the SD Equal Suffrage Association 1889-1890.
Dorothy M. Rehfeld, Aberdeen: state chair to national Committee on Uniform Laws Concerning Women, League of Women Voters, 1919-1920; delegate to 8thInternational Woman’s Suffrage Alliance, Geneva 1920.
Mable Fontron Rewman, Deadwood: legislative committee 1915-1917, lecturer 1916-1918, and state finance chair 1918 SD Universal Franchise League, state board 1919 SD League of Women Voters.
Sarah A. Richards, Pukwana: treasurer 1889-1890 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Martha A. Scott, Sioux Falls: member of national executive committee 1909 and delegate to national convention 1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Minnie E. Sheldon, Sioux Falls: recording secretary 1895-1896 and headquarters secretary 1910-1911 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Anna R. Simmons, Huron/Mitchell/Faulkton: campaigner 1894-1895, president and lecturer 1895-1900, national lecturer 1900-1905; executive committee 1907 SD Equal Suffrage Association; lecturer 1912-1914 Franchise department SD Women’s Christian Temperance Union; membership chair 1917 SD Woman’s Party.
Jennie M. Taylor, Sioux Falls: treasurer 1907-1909 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Cicely J. Tinsley, Sioux Falls/Deadwood: state campaign headquarters secretary 1909-1910.
Jane E. Waldron, Fort Pierre: press chair 1907-1909, national delegate 1907-1910, finance committee 1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Gertrude Walker, Bruce: auditor 1909-1917 SD Equal Suffrage Association/Universal Franchise League.
Jennie Walton, Huron: corresponding secretary 1910-1913 SD Universal Franchise League.
Alonzo Wardall, Huron: vice-president 1889-1890 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Elizabeth M. Wardall, Huron: lecturer 1889, superintendent of press work and secretary 1890, secretary-treasurer 1891-1892 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Myra P. Weller, Mitchell: state board of directors and congressional committee 1917 Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, state board 1919 SD League of Women Voters.
Elinor H. Whiting, Pierre: national delegate and vice-president 1910 SD Equal Suffrage Association, recording secretary 1915-1918, national delegate 1917 SD Universal Franchise League, secretary 1919-1922, legislative committee 1924 SD League of Women Voters.
Rev. Eliza Tupper Wilkes, Sioux Falls: activist and national delegate 1884-1887, vice-president for South Dakota 1890 NAWSA, lecturer 1897 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Clare M. Williams, Brookings: recording secretary 1897-1898 SD Equal Suffrage Association.
Mrs. S.V. Wilson, Unknown City: Member of Franchise Department of the WCTU, brought women’s suffrage petitions to the legislature in 1887 where equal suffrage was reported from committee but failed on the floor.