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Woman's Club of Baraboo Wisconsin, 1880. Centralia Equal Suffrage Association, founded in 1882. [1] Grand Rapids Equal Suffrage Association, founded in 1882. [1] Madison Equal Suffrage Association (MESA), founded in 1879. [1] Marathon County Woman Suffrage Association, founded in 1879. [1] Men's League for Women's Suffrage, formed in 1911. [2]
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.
When Catt found out that WWSA had supported the state legislature, WWSA was censured and the suffragists in Wisconsin stopped lobbying for its success. [78] The referendum failed in February 1917. [79] Before and during the United States entry into World War I, the suffragists in Wisconsin were divided over whether to support the war effort.
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Susan B. Anthony (center) with Laura Clay, Anna Howard Shaw, Alice Stone Blackwell, Annie Kennedy Bidwell, Carrie Chapman Catt, Ida Husted Harper, and Rachel Foster Avery in 1896.
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. *
Suffragists continued to educate and organize after the defeat. [256] By 1916, most suffragists in Wisconsin had signed onto the "Winning Plan" supported by NAWSA and Catt. [257] Others became involved with the more militant NWP. [258] [259] [260] As the federal amendment passed, Wisconsin fought to become the first state to ratify. [261]
Suffragists and suffragettes, often members of different groups and societies, used or use differing tactics. Australians called themselves "suffragists" during the nineteenth century while the term "suffragette" was adopted in the earlier twentieth century by some British groups after it was coined as a dismissive term in a newspaper article.