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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.
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]
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]
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The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), led by Lucy Stone, tended to work more for suffrage at the state level. [2] They merged in 1890 as the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). [3] Prospects for a national amendment looked dim at the turn of the century, and progress at the state level had slowed. [4]
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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.
This list of suffragists and suffragettes includes noted individuals active in the worldwide women's suffrage movement who have campaigned or strongly advocated for women's suffrage, the organisations which they formed or joined, and the publications which publicized – and, in some nations, continue to publicize– their goals.