List of Rhode Island suffragists
This is a list of Rhode Island suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Rhode Island.
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Groups[]
Congressional Union for Women's Suffrage at their summer headquarters in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1914
- Bristol Equal Suffrage League.[1]
- College Equal Suffrage League, Rhode Island group formed in 1907.[2][3]
- Congressional Union of Providence, Rhode Island, created in 1916.[4]
- Jamestown Equal Suffrage League.[5]
- Newport County Woman Suffrage League, founded in 1908.[6][7]
- Providence Woman Suffrage Party.[8]
- , formed in 1915.[3]
- , created in 1868.[9]
- Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Party, created in 1913.[3]
- Rhode Island Union of Colored Women's Clubs, created in 1903.[2][10]
- Woman's Newport League.[2]
- Women's Political Equality League of Providence.[4]
Suffragists[]
- (Pawtucket).[1]
- Sara Algeo.[2]
- (Providence).[1]
- (Providence and Portsmouth).[11]
- Alva Belmont (Newport).[12]
- .[13]
- .[14]
- Elizabeth Buffum Chace (Providence).[9]
- .[14]
- Paulina Wright Davis (Providence).[9]
- .[15]
- Mary H. Dickerson (Newport).[2]
- Sarah E. Doyle.[16]
- Maud Howe Elliot (Newport).[4]
- .[17]
- (Providence).[2]
- .[13]
- (Providence).[13]
- Bertha Higgins (Providence).[2]
- Julia Ward Howe (Portsmouth).[4]
- Mary E. Jackson (Providence).[2]
- (Providence).[4]
- (Providence).[4]
- .[18]
- .[1]
- (Newport).[6]
- Martha H. Mowry (Providence).
- (Bristol).[1]
- Fanny Purdy Palmer (Providence)[19]
- Annie Peck (Providence).[18]
- .[13]
- .[20]
- Anna Garlin Spencer (Providence).[2]
- .[20]
- .[21]
- (Providence).[18]
- Sarah Helen Whitman (Providence).[22]
- Lillie Chace Wyman (Valley Falls).[4]
- Elizabeth Upham Yates.[23]
Politicians supporting women's suffrage[]
- Robert Livingston Beeckman.[22]
- Clark Burdick (Newport).[24]
- .[22]
- Joseph H. Gainer (Providence).[25]
- Daniel L. D. Granger (Providence).[26]
- .[22]
- (Narragansett).[24]
- Walter R. Stiness.[27]
Suffragists campaigning in Rhode Island[]
- Susan B. Anthony.[2]
- Henry B. Blackwell.[28]
- Carrie Chapman Catt.[29]
- .[28]
- James Henry Darlington.[24]
- Frederick Douglass.[2]
- Mary F. Eastman.[30]
- William Lloyd Garrison.[30]
- Mary Johnston.[31]
- Louise Hall.[32]
- .[23]
- .[28]
- Anna Howard Shaw.[33]
- Doris Stevens.[34]
- Lucy Stone.[30]
- Zerelda G. Wallace.[28]
Places[]
Publications[]
Anti-suffragists[]
Groups
- Rhode Island Association in Opposition to Woman Suffrage.[37]
Individuals
See also[]
- New England Woman Suffrage Association
- Timeline of women's suffrage in Rhode Island
- Women's suffrage in Rhode Island
- Women's suffrage in the United States
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Centennial & Suffrage History". MyLO. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Stevens, Elizabeth C. "The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island". EnCompass. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ a b c Manning, Lucinda (2001). "Records of the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island". Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division. revised by Kim Nusco. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g DeSimone, Russell (11 January 2020). "Rhode Island's Two Unheralded Suffragists". Small State Big History. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ Gibbs, Ryan (13 August 2020). "Getty event to celebrate centennial of women's suffrage". Jamestown Press. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ a b Young, Bailey. "Biographical Sketch of Clara Brownell May (Mrs. Oscar) Miller". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 577.
- ^ Manning, Lucinda (2001). "Records of the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island". Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division. revised by Kim Nusco. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ a b c "Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Inducted 2002". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ "Died". The New York Age. 1914-07-09. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-10-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mary Ballou: "A Rhode Island Suffrage Pioneer"". Portsmouth History Notes. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ a b "When Gilded Suffragists Reached Out to Black Activists". Johanna Neuman. 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ a b c d Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 908.
- ^ a b Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 909.
- ^ Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 907-908.
- ^ DeSimone, Russell (3 July 2020). "Rhode Island's Long Quest for Women's Suffrage". Small State Big History. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 912.
- ^ a b c DeSimone, Russell J. (1 March 2015). "Celebrating Women's History Month: 10 who helped shape the Ocean State". Providence Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 918.
- ^ a b Harper 1922, p. 566.
- ^ Miller, Elisa. "Biographical Sketch of Louise Hall". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ a b c d e DeSimone, Russell (3 July 2020). "Rhode Island's Long Quest for Women's Suffrage". Small State Big History. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ a b Harper 1922, p. 567.
- ^ a b c "Suffrage Mass Meeting". Newport Mercury. 1917-08-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-10-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 571.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 565-566.
- ^ a b c Harper 1922, p. 574.
- ^ a b c d Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 910.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 570.
- ^ a b c Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 907.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 568.
- ^ "Plan Greeting for Liberty Bell Party". New Castle Herald. 1915-06-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-03-05 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bort, Ina (2017-04-21). "Suffrage on the Menu: The Marble House Conferences of 1909 and 1914". Behind The Scenes: New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ "For Suffrage Work". Newport Daily News. 1914-06-26. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-10-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rhode Island and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ DeSimone, Russell (31 March 2018). "Rhode Island Women Enter 19th Century Politics". Small State Big History. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ "Opposed to Suffrage". Newport Daily News. 1912-10-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-10-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Suffrage Timeline". Lippit House Project. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
Sources[]
- Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (1902). The History of Woman Suffrage. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
- Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
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