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Newbury Women's Suffrage Political Club. [9] Ohio Men's League for Equal Suffrage, created in February 1912. [10] Ohio Woman Suffrage Association (OWSA), founded in 1885 in Painesville. [11] Ohio Women's Rights Association (OWRA), first met in Ravenna on May 25, 1853. [12] Political Equality Club of Lima. [13] Shelby Equal Franchise Association ...
Pages in category "Suffragists from Ohio" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
This is a list of suffragists and suffrage activists working in the United States and its territories. This list includes suffragists who worked across state lines or nationally. This list includes suffragists who worked across state lines or nationally.
The suffragists in Ohio decided to take advantage of this, putting a woman's suffrage issue before Ohio voters. [48] Between March and July 1914, activists were able to gather more than 130,000 signatures for a women's suffrage referendum. [48] A broadside promoting the referendum on the Ohio ballot from the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association in 1914
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.
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.
The Ohio Woman Suffrage Association (OWSA) was founded in Painesville, Ohio in 1885. [217] In 1888 Louise Southworth began compiling a database of people in Ohio who supported women's suffrage. [218] By 1894 women gained the right to vote in school board elections, but not on infrastructure bonds in schools. [219]
November 3: The 2nd Ohio women's suffrage amendment is rejected. [7] 1915. The Ohio Woman Suffrage Association (OWSA) invites NAWSA and the Congressional Union (CU) to set up offices in Ohio. [15] 1916. June 6: The Municipal Suffrage Amendment in East Cleveland passes with 426 votes, allowing women to vote in city elections. [42]