Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of newspapers in Montana. Current news publications. Anaconda Leader - Anaconda; Augusta Breeze - Augusta; Belgrade News - Belgrade;
Martha took over as sole editor of the Great Falls Leader, becoming the first woman in the state of Montana to edit a daily newspaper. [7] In October 1895, Martha married her business manager Theodore Plassmann, and sold the newspaper on his advice. Plassmann died a few months later, leaving Martha with little means of financial support.
Suffrage supporters contacted Montana newspapers every week about the vote. [44] They sent out around 100,000 letters and sent personal letters to farmers in the state. [35] [40] Thirty-thousand copies of "Women Teachers of Montana Should Have the Vote" were printed and passed out by the Missoula Teachers' Suffrage Committee.
In 2024, we have yet to reach gender equality. And in many nations, women are not only put second, but also repressed, abused, and silenced. Learn how to help.
The youth plaintiffs in the landmark legal case saw for themselves how a volatile climate was making life worse in their state. Here, they tell Cosmopolitan why they wanted to hold their ...
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. In the years that followed, women battled for full, equal suffrage, which culminated in a year-long campaign in 1914 when they became one of eleven states with equal ...
Gretchen Garber was born in Whitefish, Montana in 1914 [1] but was raised in the Seattle area. [2] She spent summers in Montana with her grandparents to lessen the impact of her chronic lung disease [ 3 ] and moved to Montana permanently after World War II .
One of the first newspapers in the Western United States to champion the cause of women's rights, during its 16-year run, The New Northwest emerged as a vigorous voice for women's suffrage and for liberalization of marriage law and property rights for women. The newspaper's motto was Free Speech, Free Press, Free People.