Sallie Davis Hayden

Sallie Davis Hayden (July 12, 1842 – September 15, 1907[1]) was a suffragist in the Arizona Territory of the United States.[2]

Sallie Davis Hayden
Born(1842-07-12)July 12, 1842
DiedSeptember 15, 1907(1907-09-15) (aged 65)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEducator, Suffragist
Spouse(s)
Charles Trumbull Hayden
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(m. 1876; died in 1900)​

Biography

Sarah Calvert “Sallie” Davis was born near Forrest City, Arkansas, on July 12, 1842,[2] to Cornelius Davis and Eliza Halbert.[3] She was a school teacher in Visalia, California, when she met Arizona businessman Charles Trumbull Hayden (1825–1900) whom she married on October 4, 1876.[3][4] Sallie served briefly as postmaster of Hayden's Ferry, Arizona[5][6] which was later named Tempe.[7]

Sallie was interested in politics and hosted suffragist speakers in her home at Hayden's Ferry.[5] Along with Josephine Brawley Hughes and Frances Willard Munds, Sallie was one of the founders of the suffrage movement in Arizona.[2]

Sallie was the mother of United States Senator Carl Hayden (1877–1972), elected in 1912 as the first Representative from Arizona. In 1913, in honor of his mother, Carl introduced a joint resolution calling for women's suffrage.[8]

References
  1. "Tempe: Death of Mrs. Hayden". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona. September 16, 1907. p. 8.
  2. "Arizona Women's Hall of Fame 1985". Arizona Memory Project. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. "Hayden Family Papers". Arizona Archives Online. 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. "Married". Arizona Sentinel. Yuma, Arizona. October 28, 1876. p. 3.
  5. Collins, Tom (August 6, 2011). "Votes for women! Arizona Territory's ill-fated Suffrage Bill of 1883". sharlot.org. Sharlot Hall Museum. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  6. "Local Matters". Arizona Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. January 6, 1877. p. 3.
  7. "C. T. Hayden House". City of Tempe, AZ. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  8. Dewhirst, Robert E.; Rausch, John David (2014). Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. Infobase Publishing. pp. 254–255. ISBN 9781438110288.

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