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Carolyn V. "Carrie" Barnes Ross (1880s [1] – April 26, 1918) was an American educator and suffragist, based in Indianapolis. She was founding president of Branch No. 7, a chapter of the Equal Suffrage League of Indiana.
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. This is a list of suffragists and suffrage activists working in the United States and its territories .
Jessie M. Soga (1870–1954) – singer, music teacher and suffragist Julia Solly (1862–1953) – British-born South African feminist, temperance activist and suffragist who co-founded Cape Women's Enfranchisement League and helped acquire the vote for white women only in 1930
Carrie Breck wrote over 1400 poems, some of which were used as hymn texts. She sometimes used the name Mrs Frank A. Breck for her writing. Describing her own approach to writing, she said: "I penciled verse under all sorts of conditions—over a mending basket, with a baby in arms, and sometimes even when sweeping or washing dishes, my mind moved to meter."
These hymns are like a warm hug, just sweet familiar songs I've been singing and listening to my whole life." Now, Carrie is leaning even more into gospel music with her partnership with SiriusXM ...
Lyrics to suffragist songs were often original sociopolitical commentary. [1] However these songs were generally written as alternative lyrics and set to well-known tunes . [ 5 ] For example, in The Suffrage Song Book , the song "Three Blind Men" is set to the air of " Three Blind Mice ": [ 5 ] The title page of this book is a compilation of ...
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]
A special session of the General Conference, in 1970, changed the name to The Book of Hymns and assured those who had belonged to the EUB that their hymnal would remain in print. [3] The EUB hymnal was also considered to be an official hymnal of The United Methodist Church. The Book of Hymns was approved unanimously by the 1964 General ...