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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]
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.
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] Wisconsin ratified the Nineteenth Amendment one hour after Illinois. [262]
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[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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Mary Rutnam – Canadian-born doctor, gynaecologist, and suffragist who emigrated and became a member of the Women’s Franchise Union of Sri Lanka and a co-founder of the All-Ceylon Women's Conference [24] Agnes de Silva (1885–1961) – secretary of the Women's Franchise Union of Ceylon then founder of the Women's Franchise Union of Sri ...