This is a list of Nevada suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Nevada.
Groups
edit- Churchill County Equal Suffrage League.[1]
- Douglas County Equal Suffrage League.[2]
- Esmerelda County Equal Suffrage League.[1]
- Eureka County Equal Suffrage League.[1]
- Humboldt County Equal Suffrage League.[3]
- Lucy Stone Non-Partisan Equal Suffrage League, formed in Austin, Nevada in 1894.[4]
- The Men's League of Nevada, created in 1914.[5]
- Nevada Equal Franchise Society (NEFS).[6]
- Nevada Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1895.[7]
- Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs.[8]
- Non-Militant Suffrage Association, formed in 1911.[9]
- Ormsby County Equal Suffrage League.[1]
- Sparks Equal Suffrage League.[1]
- State Equal Suffrage Association.[10]
- Storey County Equal Suffrage League.[1]
- Washoe County Equal Suffrage League.[1]
- Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).[4]
Suffragists
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- Mary Babcock.[4]
- Hellen Ann Lovelock Bonnifield (Winnemucca).[3]
- Mae Caine[11]
- Hanna K. Clapp.[4]
- Felice Cohn (Carson City).[7]
- Eliza Cook (Douglas County).[2]
- Mary Stoddard Doten.[2]
- Bessie R. Lucas Eichelberger (Reno and Washoe County).[12]
- Minnie Flannigan.[8]
- Maud Gassoway.[8]
- John I. Ginn (Elko).[13]
- Laura DeForce Gordon (Virginia City).[14]
- Florence Humphrey (Washoe).[1]
- Sadie D. Hurst (Washoe).[1]
- Alexandrine La Tourette.[8]
- Sarah Emeline Mack (Reno).[15]
- Anne Henrietta Martin (Reno).[6]
- Mila Tupper Maynard (Reno).[7]
- Helena Suzanne Bidwell Norton (Reno).[16]
- Elda Ann Williams Simpson Orr (Reno).[17]
- Fannie Brown Patrick (Reno)
- Delphine Anderson Squires (Las Vegas).[6]
- Fannie Weller (Austin).[7]
- Frances Slaven Williamson (Austin and Reno).[10]
- Bird Wilson (Goldfield).[6]
- Jeanne Wier.[18]
Politicians who supported women's suffrage
editPublications
edit- The Nevada Citizen, published by Frances Slaven Williamson and Mary Laura Williamson.[10]
Suffragists who campaigned in Nevada
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- Jane Addams.[19]
- Susan B. Anthony.[4]
- Bessie Beatty.[20]
- Harriot Stanton Blatch.[21]
- Lucy Burns.[21]
- Laura Gregg Cannon.[22]
- Carrie Chapman Catt.[23]
- Anne Constable.[21]
- Grace Cotterill.[20]
- Minnie Fisher Cunningham.[24]
- Emma Smith DeVoe.[4]
- Sara Bard Field.[25]
- Margaret A. Foley.[22]
- Antoinette Funk.[26]
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman.[27]
- Florence Bayard Hilles.[21]
- Rosalie Jones.[25]
- Caroline Katzenstein.[21]
- Annie Kenney.[25]
- Harriet Burton Laidlaw.[19]
- James Lees Laidlaw.[19]
- Gail Laughlin.[25]
- Maud Leonard McCreery.[28]
- Alice Park.[25]
- Valeria H. Parker.[23]
- Ella Riegel.[21]
- Mary E. Ringrose.[29]
- Elizabeth Selden Rogers.[21]
- Marjorie Shuler.[23]
- Anna Howard Shaw.[4]
- Mary Sperry.[25]
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton.[30]
- Emily A. Pitts Stevens.[13]
- Eleanor Stewart.[25]
- Helen Todd.[21]
- Mabel Vernon.[19]
- Charlotte Anita Whitney.[25]
- Maud Younger.[25]
Anti-suffragists
editPeople
- Emma Adams.[7]
- Anna Fitch.[14]
- George Wingfield.[31]
Groups
- Nevada Association of Women Opposed to Equal Suffrage (NAWOWS).[7]
Anti-suffragists who campaigned in Nevada
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Mueller, Megg (January–February 2020). "A Century of Suffrage". Nevada Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ a b c Skorupa, Susan (21 July 2014). "Nevada Women's History Project celebrates 100 years of women's suffrage". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ a b "Suffragists in Nevada". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g Anthony 1902, p. 810.
- ^ "Nevada Suffrage Leaders Meet". The Sacramento Union. 24 February 1914. Retrieved 28 November 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ a b c d e "Women in Nevada History". Nevada Suffrage. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bennett, Dana R.; Reno, Mona. "Nevada Suffrage Timeline". Nevada Suffrage Centennial. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ a b c d Harper 1922, p. 388.
- ^ "Felice Cohn". ONE. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ^ a b c Wilkins, Sally. "FRANCES SLAVEN WILLIAMSON". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ Reno, Mona. “Mae Caine,” in “Nevada Women’s History Project.” Reno, Nevada: Nevada Suffrage Centennial, retrieved online June 18, 2021.
- ^ Bernard, Patti; Falcone, Kitty. "BESSIE R. LUCAS EICHELBERGER". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ a b c Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 181.
- ^ a b Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 177.
- ^ Falcone, Kitty. "Sarah Emeline (Emma) Mack". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ Bennett, Dana R. "Helena Suzanne (Lena) Bidwell Norton". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ Malek, Sue. "Genealogy and Family History: Suffragist". TMCC. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ McGinness, Brett (26 August 2020). "Famed Washoe basket weaver among Nevada's influential Women of the Century". USA Today. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ a b c d Harper 1922, p. 387.
- ^ a b Mead 2004, p. 164.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Suffrage Special' Arrives and Members Put in a Busy Day". The Daily Appeal. 1916-04-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Harper 1922, p. 397.
- ^ a b c Harper 1922, p. 391.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 390.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Harper 1922, p. 398.
- ^ Lumsden, Linda J. (1997). Rampant Women: Suffragists and the Right of Assembly. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-57233-163-1.
- ^ "Woman Suffrage: Tactics". Nevada Suffrage Centennial. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ Mead 2004, p. 168.
- ^ Mead 2004, p. 169.
- ^ Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 186.
- ^ a b Marcus, Emerson (28 October 2014). "'Epic in politics': Nevada women got vote a century ago". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
Sources
edit- Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
- Ford, Jean; Hulse, James W. (Fall 1995). "The First Battle for Woman Suffrage in Nevada: 1869-1871 – Correcting and Expanding the Record" (PDF). Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. 38 (3): 174–188.
- Mead, Rebecca J. (2004). How the Vote Was Won: Woman Suffrage in the Western United States, 1868-1914. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 9780814756768 – via Internet Archive.
- Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.