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South Side Woman Suffrage Association, founded in 1882 in Milwaukee. [1] Whitewater Woman Suffrage Club, founded in 1882. [1] Woman's Club of Baraboo, Wisconsin. [6] Woman Suffrage Association at Mosinee, founded in 1882. [1] Woman Suffrage Association of Wisconsin (WSAW), founded in 1869. [1] Later, in 1882, it is known as the Wisconsin Woman ...
In the end, a more conservative constitution was adopted by Wisconsin. In the 1850s, a German language women's rights newspaper was founded in Milwaukee and many suffragists spoke throughout the state. The first state suffrage convention was held in Janesville in 1867. The 1870s, several women's suffrage groups were founded in the state.
Before and during the United States entry into World War I, the suffragists in Wisconsin were divided over whether to support the war effort. [80] [79] The WWSA and the Wisconsin National Woman's Party tried to remain neutral, which was criticized and attacked by the press. [79] German-American suffragists in Wisconsin faced anti-German ...
After the Civil War, when the 13th Amendment was ratified by 2/3 of the states (not including Kentucky) on January 1, 1866, Lexington's Main Street was filled with African Americans in a military parade, followed by Black businesspeople and several hundred children with political speeches at Lexington Fairgrounds (now the University of Kentucky).
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Pages in category "Suffragists from Wisconsin" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November. Wisconsin residents adopted it in 1957 through a statewide referendum.
Carrie Chapman Catt (born Carrie Clinton Lane; January 9, 1859 [1] – March 9, 1947) was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. [2]