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Marathon County Woman Suffrage Association, founded in 1879. [1] Men's League for Women's Suffrage, formed in 1911. [2] Mukwonago Woman Suffrage Association, founded in 1880. [1] National Woman's Party branch, founded in 1917. [1] Olympic Club, founded in 1882 in Milwaukee. [1] Political Equality League, formed in 1911. [3]
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.
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.
The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), led by Lucy Stone, tended to work more for suffrage at the state level. [2] They merged in 1890 as the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). [3] Prospects for a national amendment looked dim at the turn of the century, and progress at the state level had slowed. [4]
[3] 1887: In Kansas, women win the right to vote in municipal elections. [3] 1887: Rhode Island becomes the first eastern state to vote on a women's suffrage referendum, but it does not pass. [3] 1888–1889: Wyoming had already granted women voting and suffrage since 1869–70; now they insist that they maintain suffrage if Wyoming joins the ...
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This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize– their goals.