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1910: Emulating the grassroots tactics of labor activists, the Women's Political Union organizes America's first large-scale suffrage parade, which is held in New York City. [3] 1910: Washington grants women the right to vote. [20] 1911: California grants women suffrage. [6] 1911: In New York City, 3,000 people march for women's suffrage. [6]
[2] [3] In 1906, a reporter writing in the Daily Mail coined the term suffragette for the WSPU, derived from suffragist α (any person advocating for voting rights), in order to belittle the women advocating women's suffrage. [4] The militants embraced the new name, even adopting it for use as the title of the newspaper published by the WSPU. [4]
[314] [315] When in 1928, the bill passed out of committee and was scheduled for a vote the U. S. House of Representatives, the Puerto Rican legislature realized that if they did not extend suffrage the federal government would. They passed a limited suffrage bill on April 16, 1929, limiting voting rights to literate women. [316]
Spain (limited to single women and widows in local elections. First women mayors) Tajik SSR (Soviet Union) 1925 British Raj, Bengal Presidency became the 6th province in British India to grant limited suffrage without the ability for women to stand in elections. [64] Dominion of Newfoundland (limited to women 25 and older; men can vote at age ...
Edna Buckman Kearns (1882–1934) – National Woman's Party campaigner, known for her horse-drawn suffrage campaign wagon (now in the collection of New York State Museum). [30] Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936) – industrial reformer, social worker, author; co-organizer, New York Woman Suffrage Association. [31] Harriette A. Keyser
Emily Parmely Collins (1814–1909) – in South Bristol, New York, 1848, was the first woman in the U.S. to establish a society focused on woman suffrage and women's rights. [40] Helen Appo Cook (1837–1913) – prominent African American community activist and leader in the women's club movement. [41] [42]
Territories on the frontier, eager to attract new settlers, also helped expand suffrage. [7] 1821. In 1821, the state of New York held a constitutional convention which removed property requirements for white male voters, but required that "persons of colour" own $250 worth of property, "over and above all debts," in order to vote. White male ...
During the New York Constitutional Convention, held on June 4, 1867, Horace Greeley, the chairman of the committee on Suffrage and an ardent supporter of women's suffrage over the previous 20 years, betrayed the women's movement and submitted a report in favor of removal of property qualification for free black men, but against women's suffrage ...