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Isabella Beecher Hooker was the leading force in the CWSA and led the suffrage movement in that state for the rest of the century. [83] [77] The New England Woman Suffrage Association organized affiliated state suffrage societies in most New England states except for Connecticut. [84] The CWSA recorded a membership of 288 in 1871. [83]
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, formed in 1909. [5] Men's Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, formed in 1912. [6] Newport News Equal Suffrage League. [5] Virginia Beach National Woman's Party. [7] Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, created in 1907. [8] Virginia Suffrage Association (formerly Virginia Suffrage Society) formed ...
The league began publishing Virginia Suffrage News in 1914. [1] The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia's membership grew from about 100 members in its first year to more than 15,000 by 1917. By 1919, with 32,000 members, it was the largest political organization in the state of Virginia, and perhaps the largest state association in the South. [1 ...
Virginia Congressional Union booth at the Virginia State Fair in 1916 This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Virginia. While there were some very early efforts to support women's suffrage in Virginia, most of the activism for the vote for women occurred early in the 20th century. The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was formed in 1909 and the Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for ...
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The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial is a monument to American suffragists.The memorial is located in Lorton, Virginia's Occoquan Regional Park and stands in close ...
Women in six U.S. states are now effectively allowed to be topless in public, according to a new ruling by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. 'Free the Nipple' movement: Women can now legally ...
Dr. Blanche Moore Haines (1865–1944), physician; Michigan State chair of the National Woman Suffrage Association. [69] Ida Husted Harper (1851–1931) – organizer, major writer and historian of the US suffrage movement. [70] Florence Jaffray Harriman (1870–1967) – social reformer, organizer and diplomat. [71]