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Ontario was founded by Hiram Cook, and was platted in December 1834 as a settlement in Springfield Township near Mansfield. [6] During that same month thereafter, the original settlement of Ontario merged with New Castle, another small settlement that was originally located just to the west of the Ontario settlement along the Mansfield and Bucyrus route (known today as State Route 309) that ...
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 "History of women in Ohio" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Two Ohio women have joined Time’s 100 most influential people of 2024. Lauren Blauvelt and Jenny Holzer pursued their passions for reproductive rights and groundbreaking art, respectively, and ...
Victoria Woodhull, the first female candidate for president in 1872, and Second Lady Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, credited with paving the way for the modern American female politician, were leaders in the women's suffrage movement. Ohio was the second state to hold a women's rights convention, the Ohio Women's Convention at Salem in 1850. [113]
Let Ohio Women Vote postcard. Women's rights issues in Ohio were put into the public eye in the early 1850s. Women inspired by the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention created newspapers and then set up their own conventions, including the 1850 Ohio Women's Rights Convention which was the first women's right's convention outside of New York and the first ...
State Sen. Mark Romanchuk, R-Ontario, wins in Richland, Ashland and Medina counties to keep seat against newcomer Kathy Salem. State Sen. Mark Romanchuk, R-Ontario, retains seat in Ohio Senate ...
The Ohio Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio had Sojourner Truth as a speaker on African-American women and equality. [2] 1852. The Ohio Women's Convention in Massillon, Ohio established the Ohio Women's Rights Association (OWRA). [5] [6] 1853. October 5: The National Women's Rights Convention is held in Cleveland. [7]