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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.
The Hutchinson Family Singers helped develop the women's suffrage music tradition. [11] Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote in the History of Woman Suffrage that the family actively worked to help the cause through music, especially in Kansas in 1867. [11] Lucy Stone encouraged the family to help the suffragists as "singing evangelists."
20 Related lists. 21 See also. 22 References. Toggle References subsection. ... List of suffragists and suffragettes; Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States;
Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976) – author, advocate for women's suffrage, education reform and social justice in Arkansas; Helen Rand Thayer (1863–1935) — member, Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Equal Suffrage Association; M. Carey Thomas (1857–1935) – educator, linguist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College
Isabel Giberne Sieveking (1857–1936) – suffragette and writer, member of the WSPU in Hastings [27] Frances Simson (1854–1938) – suffragist, campaigner for women's higher education and one of the first of eight women graduates from the University of Edinburgh; May Sinclair (1863–1946) – member of the Woman Writers' Suffrage League
Edna Buckman Kearns (1882–1934) – National Woman's Party campaigner, known for her horse-drawn suffrage campaign wagon (now in the collection of New York State Museum). [ 30 ] Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936) – industrial reformer, social worker, author; co-organizer, New York Woman Suffrage Association.
Members of the Women Writers' Suffrage League (22 P) Pages in category "Suffragists" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
Suffs is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Shaina Taub, based on suffragists and the American women's suffrage movement, focusing primarily on the historical events leading up to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920 that gave some women the right to vote.