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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]
German-American suffragists in Wisconsin faced anti-German sentiment. [79] Catt's plan during wartime involved suffragists aiding the war effort, which put many Wisconsin suffragists who were also pacifists, in a difficult spot. [81] Brown was one of the activists picketing the White House on March 4, 1917. [71]
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.
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.
In the time between the United States and Maryland approving the amendment, women fought very hard for their rights. In Maryland, there were suffragists and suffrage groups all protesting for women's rights. [citation needed] Edith Houghton Hooker, born in Buffalo, New York in 1879, was a suffragist in Maryland. [371]
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Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch (1856–1940) – writer (contributor to History of Woman Suffrage), founded Women's Political Union, daughter of pioneering activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. [ 26 ] Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894) – women's rights and temperance advocate; her name was associated with women's clothing reform style known as bloomers.
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]