List of Virginia suffragists

This is a list of Virginia suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Virginia.

Groups

  • Bedford Equal Suffrage League.[1]
  • Equal Suffrage League of Fredericksburg.[2]
  • Equal Suffrage League of Highland Springs.[3]
  • Equal Suffrage League of Lynchburg.[3]
  • Equal Suffrage League of Norfolk.[2]
  • Equal Suffrage League of Williamsburg.[3]
  • Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, formed in 1909.[4]
  • Men's Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, formed in 1912.[5]
  • Newport News Equal Suffrage League.[4]
  • Virginia Beach National Woman's Party.[6]
  • Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, created in 1907.[7]
  • Virginia Suffrage Association (formerly Virginia Suffrage Society) formed in 1893.[4]

Suffragists

Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute faculty members who registered to vote in 1920

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

  • Howard T. Colvin.[14]
  • Howard Cecil Gilmer.[13]
  • Thomas Lomax Hunter.[13]
  • Allan Jones.[13]
  • Wyndham R. Mayo (Norfolk).[8]
  • Hill Montague (Richmond).[14]

Places

Publications

  • The Virginia Suffrage News, published monthly starting in 1914.[5] Managed by Alice Overbey Taylor.[3]

Suffragists who campaigned in Virginia

National Woman's Party suffragists driving through Richmond's Capitol Square

Anti-suffragists in Virginia

  • Maria Blair (Richmond).[19]
  • Jane M. Rutherford.[20]

Politicians

Groups

See also

References

  1. Julienne, Mari (2020-08-19). ""When Victory Really Came" : Virginia Women Who Fought for the Vote". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. Julienne, Mari (2019-08-21). "Equal Suffrage League of Virginia Records are coming to Making History: Transcribe". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  3. Harper 1922, p. 666.
  4. "Women's Suffrage in Virginia". Virginia Places. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  5. "Women's Suffrage in Virginia". W&M Women's Law Society. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  6. "Suffragists in Virginia". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  7. Coker, Kathy (2020-04-23). "A Glimpse at Virginia's Organized Woman Suffrage Movement: Part II". Richmond Public Library. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  8. Julienne, Mari (2020-04-15). "'Secure the Suffrage for Women on Equal Terms with Men' : The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  9. McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Woman Suffrage in Virginia". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  10. Van Zelm, Antoinette G. (23 September 2013). "Butt, Martha Haines (1833–1871)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  11. Harper 1922, p. 667.
  12. Harper 1922, p. 668.
  13. Harper 1922, p. 671.
  14. Harper 1922, p. 669.
  15. "Virginia and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  16. Anthony 1902, p. 964.
  17. Harper 1922, p. 670.
  18. Julienne, Mari (2020-06-10). "'Freedom, justice and true democracy': The Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  19. Deal, John (2020-06-17). "Woman Suffrage - The Vanguard of Socialism". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  20. Graham 1993, p. 233.

Sources

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