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Gretchen Garber Billings (1914–1999) was a journalist and advocate for cooperative causes who co-owned and -operated a newspaper called The People's Voice in Helena, Montana. Early life [ edit ] Gretchen Garber was born in Whitefish, Montana in 1914 [1] but was raised in the Seattle area. [2]
This is a list of newspapers in Montana. Current news publications. Anaconda Leader - Anaconda; Augusta Breeze - Augusta; Belgrade News - Belgrade;
The Montana Newspaper Association named the Flathead Beacon the state's best large weekly 10 times since 2009. [4] [5] In 2014, Outside Magazine ranked the Flathead Beacon the 58th best place to work in the United States, citing the "intense employee pride in the publishing company". [6]
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 ...
The Montana History Portal aims to provide open access to digital materials regarding historical and contemporary Montana. “These materials provide opportunities for education, genealogy research, business, pleasure, and lifelong learning.” MMP includes many historical materials such as books, maps, diaries, oral histories, art. Any medium ...
The first woman to run for Attorney General in Montana was Ella Knowles. [19] Following her successful lobbying of the 1889 Montana Legislature to allow women to take the bar exam, Knowles became be first lawyer in the state of Montana and the first female notary. She was the first woman to run for Montana Attorney General on the 1892 populist ...
American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), created in 1869. [1] [2] College Equal Suffrage League. [3] Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. [4] Equal Franchise Society. [5] The Men's League. [6] National American Suffrage Association (NWSA). [1] National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), created in 1890 through the merger of AWSA ...
The Billings Gazette is a daily newspaper based in Billings, Montana, that primarily covers issues in southeast Montana and parts of northern Wyoming.Historically it has been known as the largest newspaper in Montana and is geographically one of the most widely distributed newspapers in the nation.