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Suffrage supporters contacted Montana newspapers every week about the vote. [44] They sent out around 100,000 letters and sent personal letters to farmers in the state. [35] [40] Thirty-thousand copies of "Women Teachers of Montana Should Have the Vote" were printed and passed out by the Missoula Teachers' Suffrage Committee.
The fight for women's suffrage in Montana started earlier, before even Montana became a state. In 1887, women gained the right to vote in school board elections and on tax issues. In the years that followed, women battled for full, equal suffrage, which culminated in a year-long campaign in 1914 when they became one of eleven states with equal ...
One of the first newspapers in the Western United States to champion the cause of women's rights, during its 16-year run, The New Northwest emerged as a vigorous voice for women's suffrage and for liberalization of marriage law and property rights for women. The newspaper's motto was Free Speech, Free Press, Free People.
Montana Free Press - Helena; Montana Kaimin - Missoula; Montana Standard - Butte; The Montanian - Libby; The Mountaineer - Big Sandy; The MSU Exponent - Bozeman; Northern Plains Independent - Wolf Point; Phillips County News - Malta; The Philipsburg Mail - Philipsburg; Powder River Examiner - Broadus; Ravalli Republic - Hamilton; The River ...
Voting absentee electronically while living abroad, Himsl saw that under the options for president, only Republican Donald Trump and Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were listed. Missing was ...
Jun. 23—The Daily Inter Lake was named the best daily newspaper in the state Saturday at the Montana Newspaper Association's 139th annual convention and awards banquet in Kalispell. The Inter ...
Rankin returned to Montana and rose through the ranks of suffrage organizations, becoming the president of the Montana Women's Suffrage Association and the national field secretary of NAWSA. [14] In February 1911, she became the first woman to speak before the Montana legislature, arguing in support of enfranchisement for women in her home ...
A Republican Senate candidate for a key race that could decide which party controls the upper chamber is coming under fire after he was caught on tape for calling women under the age of 25 ...