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Chicago Equal Suffrage Association, formerly the North Side Branch of IESA, created in 1910. [2] Chicago Political Equality League, formed in 1894. [3] [4] Chicago Teachers' Federation. [5] Chicago Woman's Club. [6] Cook County Woman's Suffrage Society. [7] Decatur Women's Suffrage Club, formed in 1888. [8] Democratic Club of Chicago, formed in ...
This is a list of suffragists from the United States and its territories. ... The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
Amelie Veiller Van Norman (1844–1920) – educator; president, Joan of Arc Suffrage League; vice-president, New York County Suffrage League; member, Suffrage Party, New York City Mina Van Winkle (1875–1932) – crusading social worker, groundbreaking police lieutenant and national leader in the protection of girls and other women during the ...
Suffragists and suffragettes, often members of different groups and societies, used or use differing tactics. Australians called themselves "suffragists" during the nineteenth century while the term "suffragette" was adopted in the earlier twentieth century by some British groups after it was coined as a dismissive term in a newspaper article.
Pages in category "Suffragists from Illinois" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Partial Suffrage in Iowa: 1894 (Thesis). University of Iowa. Davis, Elizabeth Lindsay (1922). The Story of the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. Chicago – via Hathi Trust. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Sorenson, Mark W. (2004). "Ahead of Their Time: A Brief History of Suffrage in Illinois". Illinois Heritage.
Frances Willard and other suffragists in the IESA worked to lobby various government entities for women's suffrage. In the 1870s, women were allowed to serve on school boards and were elected to that office. The first women to vote in Illinois were 15 women in Lombard, Illinois, led by Ellen A. Martin, who found a loophole in the law in 1891 ...
A bill for Township suffrage for women is introduced in the state Senate, but is not successful in the House. [17] A bill to repeal the School Suffrage Law is defeated in the state House. [17] March: Carrie Chapman Catt tours the southern part of Illinois. [18] 1894. The Chicago Political Equality League (CPEL) is created. [10] 1895