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Childbirth was serious and sometimes life-threatening for rural women well into the 20th century. Although large families were favored by farm families, most women employed birth control methods to space their children and limit their family size. Pregnant women had little access to modern knowledge about prenatal care.
Montana suffragists campaign for Votes for Women, November 2, 1914. The women's suffrage movement in Montana started while it was still a territory. The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was an early organizer that supported suffrage in the state, arriving in 1883.
Chief Eagle Cap signs a petition at the Montana League of Women Voters booth at the Montana State Fair in Helena. This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Montana. The fight for women's suffrage in Montana started earlier, before even Montana became a state. In 1887, women gained the right to vote in school board elections and on tax issues ...
The first woman to run for Attorney General in Montana was Ella Knowles. [19] Following her successful lobbying of the 1889 Montana Legislature to allow women to take the bar exam, Knowles became be first lawyer in the state of Montana and the first female notary. She was the first woman to run for Montana Attorney General on the 1892 populist ...
History of women in Montana (1 C, 16 P) I. Industrial Workers of the World in Montana (3 P) L. Labor disputes in Montana (2 P) Lynching deaths in Montana ...
Pages in category "History of women in Montana" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
From difficulty breathing during Montana’s debilitating smoke seasons to feeling the effects of extreme weather, such as tornadoes and floods, five of the young women involved in the trial told ...
The Montana Memory Project was established in 2005 when Bruce Newell, the Montana State Library commissioner, “pushed for the creation of a program to help libraries statewide collect and preserve the history and culture of their communities.” [3] The MMP developed slowly out of this original project as logistics and technology evolved alongside interest in the project.