Barbara Blackman O'Neil

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Barbara Blackman O'Neil
BornSeptember 17, 1880 (1880-09-17)
DiedDecember 2, 1963(1963-12-02) (aged 83)
EducationWashington University in St. Louis
OccupationSuffragist
FamilyBarbara O'Neil (daughter)

Barbara Blackman O'Neil (September 3, 1880 – December 2, 1963) was an American suffrage leader in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born in 1880.[1] Her father was George Blackman.[2] She attended Washington University, where she studied art.[1] O'Neil was elected the second president of the Equal Suffrage League.[3][1][4] She later became president again following the resignation of Mrs. John L. Lowes.[5]

She spoke in defense of Jane Addams and against the National Women Suffrage Association adopting an amendment that would prohibit any officer or member from participating in a major political party in 1912. She was elected to the board of directors of College Suffragist, part of the National Women Suffrage Association, at that time.[6] She led the Equal Suffrage League to try to get suffrage to go to Missouri voters in 1914, but when the state senate tabled the discussion, she and , the state Equal Suffrage League president, started a petition campaign. The measure failed at a rate of nearly 3 to 1 statewide.[7] At the 1916 National Democratic Convention, when thousands of women took to the streets to draw attention to suffrage, O'Neil stood at the end of a "golden lane" of women representing states with full suffrage, where she was dressed as a "spirit of liberty."[1][7]

Personal life and death[]

A portrait of O'Neil painted in 1902 by hung in the office of the mayor of St. Louis for many years.[8] She married David O'Neil, a businessman[9] and poet, in 1903.[10] They had four children: David Blackman, who died as a child; George Blackman; Horton; and Barbara, a film and stage actress.[9][1] O'Neil and her husband moved from St. Louis around or after 1919, first to Europe, then to California, and eventually Cos Cob, Connecticut.[11][1] O'Neil died on December 2, 1963 at age 82. She was buried in Greenwich, Connecticut.[11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Biographical Sketch of Barbara Blackman O'Neil | Alexander Street Documents". documents.alexanderstreet.com. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  2. ^ Martyn, Marguerite (1915-05-26). "Suffrage Tea: Know what That Is? No, You Don't Drink It -- You Hear It". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2020-01-05 – via Proquest.
  3. ^ Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company.
  4. ^ "Suffragettes Elected: Mrs. D.N. O'Neil Named as Local President". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1912-05-06. Retrieved 2020-01-05 – via Proquest.
  5. ^ Addams, Jane; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Harper, Ida Husted; Shaw, Anna Howard; Fawcett, Millicent Garrett; Pankhurst, Emmeline; Blackwell, Alice Stone (2018-03-21). The Women of the Suffrage Movement: Autobiographies & Biographies of the Most Influential Suffragettes. e-artnow. ISBN 978-80-272-4281-8.
  6. ^ "St. Louis Women Lead Fight for Jane Addams; win". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1912-11-24. Retrieved 2020-01-05 – via Proquest.
  7. ^ a b Corbett, Katharine T. (1999). In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History. Missouri History Museum. ISBN 978-1-883982-30-0.
  8. ^ "Portrait Puzzle Cleared". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1939-10-29. Retrieved 2020-01-05 – via Proquest.
  9. ^ a b Marquis, Albert Nelson (1912). The Book of St. Louisans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of St. Louis and Vicinity. St. Louis republic.
  10. ^ "Society". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1903-06-07. Retrieved 2020-01-05 – via Proquest.
  11. ^ a b "Mrs. David O'Neil Funeral; Led Suffrage Movement". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1963-12-05. Retrieved 2020-01-05 – via Proquest.
  12. ^ "Deaths". The New York Times. 1963-12-04. Retrieved 2020-01-06 – via Proquest.

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