List of Maine suffragists
This is a list of Maine suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Maine.
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Groups[]
- Bangor Suffrage Center.[1]
- Belfast Suffrage League, formed in 1916.[2]
- College Equal Suffrage League of Maine, formed in 1913.[3]
- Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, and later, National Woman's Party.[4]
- Cumberland County Convention of Reformed Men.[5]
- Equal Rights Association of Rockland, formed in 1868.[6]
- Farmington Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1906.[7]
- (MFWC).[8]
- Maine Woman Suffrage Association (MWSA), formed in 1873.[9]
- The Men's Equal Suffrage League of Maine, formed in 1914.[10]
- Portland Equal Franchise League.[11]
- Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), first Maine chapter formed in 1874.[12]
- Woman Suffrage Association of Portland.[13]
Suffragists[]
- (Portland).[14][15]
- (Bangor).[16][17]
- Hannah Johnston Bailey (Winthrop).[18]
- Katherine Reed Balentine (Portland).[19]
- Camille Lessard Bissonnette (Lewiston).[20]
- (Portland).[9]
- Ralph O. Brewster.[3]
- Margaret W. Campbell (Hancock County).[21]
- (Belfast).[22]
- (Albion).[23]
- .[24]
- Lydia Neal Dennett (Portland).[25]
- (Ellsworth).[23]
- (Old Orchard).[26][7]
- (Hartland).[11]
- .[7]
- Obadiah Gardner (Augusta).[11]
- Ann F. Jarvis Greely (Ellsworth).[27]
- (Farmington).[28]
- Ira G. Hersey (Houlton).[28]
- (Ellsworth).[27]
- (Portland).[14]
- (Portland).[29]
- (Bangor).[30]
- Clara Hapgood Nash.[31]
- John Neal (Portland).[32]
- (Augusta).[29]
- (Cornish).[33]
- (Augusta).[7]
- Maud Wood Park (Cape Elizabeth).[30]
- (Portland).[11]
- Lucy Nicolar Poolaw (Penobscot) - (Indian Island).[20]
- (Belfast).[2]
- (Warren).[34]
- .[3]
- (Rockland).[27]
- (Rockland).[27]
- (Hampden).[33]
- (Hampden).[33]
- Lillian M. N. Stevens (Portland).[18]
- (Portland).[11]
- (Hollis).[33]
- .[3][35]
- Florence Brooks Whitehouse (Augusta).[36]
- .[3]
- William Penn Whitehouse (Augusta).[11]
- .[37]
- Elizabeth Upham Yates.[7]
Politicians supporting women's suffrage in Maine[]
Suffragists who campaigned in Maine[]
- Susan B. Anthony.[39]
- Abby Scott Baker.[40]
- Henry B. Blackwell.[9]
- Carrie Chapman Catt.[26]
- Elizabeth Glendower Evans.[14]
- Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale.[41]
- .[24]
- .[3]
- Julia Ward Howe.[34]
- Florence Kelley.[42]
- Gail Laughlin.[36]
- Dora Lewis.[38]
- Mary Livermore.[9]
- .[43][2]
- .[44]
- Anna Howard Shaw.[9]
- Lucy Stone.[9]
- Maud Wood Park.[14]
- Mary Winsor.[40]
Anti-suffragists[]
Groups
People
- Harriet Bird (Yarmouth).[28]
- Sophia C. Brackett (Portland).[45]
- Susannah Bundy Brown (Portland).[46]
- Lucy Cobb (Rockland).[2]
- Margaret L. Dalton (Portland).[46]
- C. T. Ogden (Deering).[47]
- Sewall C. Strout (Portland).[47]
References[]
- ^ Toothman, Delania. "Biographical Sketch of Deborah Knox Livingston". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ a b c d O'Brien, Andy (17 January 2019). "They Petitioned, They Protested, They Went to Jail & They Won". The Free Press. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ a b c d e f Harper 1922, p. 237.
- ^ "Florence Brooks Whitehouse". ACLU of Maine. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ Risk 2009, p. 101.
- ^ O'Brien, Andy (3 January 2019). "When Maine Suffragists Fought for Their Right to Vote". The Free Press. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ a b c d e "The Maine Woman Suffrage Association". Maine State Museum. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 240.
- ^ a b c d e f Anthony 1902, p. 689.
- ^ a b "Maine and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ a b c d e f Harper 1922, p. 247.
- ^ Risk 2009, p. 65.
- ^ Risk 2009, p. 162.
- ^ a b c d Harper 1922, p. 238.
- ^ Neises, Amy. "Biographical Sketch of Sara P. Anthoine". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890–1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ Risk 2009, p. 87.
- ^ Neises, Amy R. "Biographical Sketch of Jane Sophia Appleton". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ a b Maine State Museum 2019, p. 4.
- ^ Maine State Museum 2019, p. 9.
- ^ a b Maine State Museum 2019, p. 10.
- ^ O'Brien, Andy (10 January 2019). "Maine Women Continue the Fight for Voting Rights & Fair Treatment". The Free Press. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ "Rush to Register". Maine State Museum. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- ^ a b Risk 2009, p. 92.
- ^ a b Anthony 1902, p. 690.
- ^ Risk 2009, p. 88.
- ^ a b Harper 1922, p. 236.
- ^ a b c d Maine State Museum 2019, p. 3.
- ^ a b c d Maine State Museum 2019, p. 6.
- ^ a b Day, Lucy H.; Bates, Helen N.; Anthoine, Sara P. (2018). "Historical Sketch of the Maine Woman Suffrage Association". League of Women Voters Mrs Wing's Scrapbook. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ a b Maine State Museum 2019, p. 8.
- ^ Maine State Museum 2019, p. 5.
- ^ Risk 2009, p. 70.
- ^ a b c d Maine State Museum 2019, p. 2.
- ^ a b Maine State Museum 2019, p. 1.
- ^ Assogba, Anna. "Biographical Sketch of L. Alfreda Brewster Wallace". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ a b Maine State Museum 2019, p. 7.
- ^ Hough, Mazie. "Biographical Sketch of Georgietta Julia Nickerson Whitten". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ a b Gass 2011, p. 55.
- ^ "Connecting Ellsworth and the Nation". Maine State Museum. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
- ^ a b Gass 2011, p. 49.
- ^ Spiker 2012, p. 22.
- ^ Gass 2011, p. 42.
- ^ De Sa e Silva, Pascale; O'Neill, Nora. "Biographical Sketch of Ettie Lois Simonds Lowell". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 245.
- ^ Risk 2009, p. 131.
- ^ a b Risk 2009, p. 130.
- ^ a b Risk 2009, p. 129.
See also[]
- Timeline of women's suffrage in Maine
- Women's suffrage in Maine
- Women's suffrage in states of the United States
- Women's suffrage in the United States
Sources[]
- Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
- Gass, Anne (October 2011). "Florence Brooks Whitehouse and Maine's Vote to Ratify Women's Suffrage in 1919". Maine History. 46 (1): 38–66.
- Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
- Maine State Museum (2019). "Maine Suffrage Who's Who" (PDF). Women's Long Road.
- Risk, Shannon M. (2009). 'In Order to Establish Justice': The Nineteenth-Century Woman Suffrage Movements of Maine and New Brunswick (Thesis). University of Maine.
- Spiker, LaRue (2012). "Women Got the Vote Fifty Years Ago" (PDF). Chebacco. 13: 21–27.
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