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The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial is a monument to American suffragists.The memorial is located in Lorton, Virginia's Occoquan Regional Park and stands in close ...
Anna Whitehead Bodeker (1826–1904) – leader of the earliest attempts to organize for suffrage in Virginia; co-founder and inaugural president of Virginia State Woman Suffrage Association, the first suffrage association in Virginia. [11] Kate Langley Bosher (Richmond). [11] Rosa Dixon Bowser (Richmond). [1] Martha Haines Butt. [12]
Lila Meade Valentine (1865–1921) – education and health care reformer, women's rights activist, and the first president of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia; Narcissa Cox Vanderlip, née Mabel Narcissa Cox (1879–1966) – leading New York suffragist and co-founder of the New York State League of Women Voters [120] [121] [122]
Vernon atded the 1912 convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, where she was an usher.She was the first paid organizer that Alice Paul recruited. Vernon joined Lucy Burns and Paul as part of NAWSA's Congressional Committee to organize the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 that was to occur the following March where it would coincide with the inauguration of Woodrow Wils
Suffragettes were arrested and imprisoned as they fought for voting rights. Photos from 1912 to 1920 chronicle their efforts and eventual victory. 20 vintage photos of suffragettes that will make ...
President Trump will pardon Susan B. Anthony -- but Crystal Mason remains behind bars. President Trump said Tuesday he has issued a pardon for Anthony, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement ...
Fusae Ichikawa (1893–1981) – politician who founded the nation's first women's suffrage organization: the Women's Suffrage League of Japan, president of the New Japan Women's League; Shidzue Katō (1897–2001) – politician; Oku Mumeo (1895–1997) – co-founder of the New Women's Association who later served three terms in Japan's ...
"Virginia Warns Her People Against Woman Suffrage" 1915 anti-suffrage flier By 1915, anti-suffragists in Virginia were openly tapping into racial fears. They warned that giving women the right to vote would also give African American women the right to vote, leading to blacks taking control of the polls and putting white supremacy in danger.