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Women received the right to vote in 1920.  In February 2019, the [https://19centennial.wixsite.com/website Commemoration Committee for the Centennial of the 19th Amendment Committee] was formed.  The co-chairs were Nell Reardon and Deb Kitko.  Soon after the committee formed, it became apparent that much research would be necessary to create a list of those local individuals who were involved in some way with the Women's Suffrage Movement.  This page is devoted to those individuals who ''may have been involved with the Women's Suffrage.
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Women received the right to vote in 1920.  In February 2019, the [https://19centennial.wixsite.com/website Commemoration Committee for the Centennial of the 19th Amendment Committee] was formed.  The co-chairs were Nell Reardon and Deb Kitko.  Soon after the committee formed, it became apparent that much research would be necessary to create a list of those local individuals who were involved in some way with the Women's Suffrage Movement.  This page is devoted to those individuals who '''''may have been involved''' with the Women's Suffrage''.
  
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Notation: Prior to 1917, the preferred terminology used was "Woman's Suffrage".  Often, in the U.S. the terms "suffragette" and "suffragist" were interchanged.  The preferred term used in the United States was "suffragist".  Usually, when the term "suffragette" was used, it was derogatory.  The exception would be those individuals who followed Alice Paul.  She and her followers took a more militant approach in their attempt to win the right to vote for women.
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Notation: Prior to 1917, the preferred terminology used was "Woman's Suffrage".  Often, in the U.S. the terms "suffragette" and "suffragist" were interchanged.  The preferred term used in the United States was "suffragist".  Usually, when the term "suffragette" was used, it was derogatory.  The exception would be those individuals who followed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Paul Alice Paul].  She and her followers took a more militant approach in their attempt to win the right to vote for women.
  
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==Republican==
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==Background==
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The Woman's Suffrage Movement had its start in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. It grew out of the Women's Rights Movement. In 1840, there was a World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London, England. Several women who were abolitionists traveled to the city. They wanted to be active participants in this convention but were denied access to many of the sessions because they were women. It was here that Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton met and initiated plans to hold a convention of their own -- one that women could be active participants and not denied access on account of their gender. These preliminary discussions became reality. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretia_Mott Lucretia Mott], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_M%27Clintock Mary M'Clintock], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Coffin_Wright Martha Coffin Wright] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Hunt Jane Hunt] were the key organizers of the event.
  
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* Mrs. William Annat
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On 18 August 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment. On 26 August 1920, U.S. Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby, certified the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution 19th Amendment] was signed into law. The Presidential election on 2 November 1920 would become the first national election that women could vote. Leading up to the election, many [[Rally, 1920| rallies]] were held. Many Wayne Countians were involved in these rallies.
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** First chairman of the Wayne County Republican organization
 
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* Mrs. Elmer S. Landes, Republican
 
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* Mr. Elmer S. Landes, county Chairman
 
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* Mrs. Rufus Bucher, Republican
 
  
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===Republican Rally Speakers===
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Following the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Chapman_Catt Carrie Chapman Catt] founded the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Women_Voters League of Women Voters]. With the formation of this organization, women shifted their focus from winning the right to vote to supporting the new women suffrage rights. The [[Wayne County League of Women Voters]] was established later.
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The following is a list of rally speakers for the Republican party <ref> Hauenstein, E. H. "Wayne Co. Women Cast First Votes Here 30 Years Ago; The Chancelor Sensation". The ''Wooster Daily Record'' 17 October 1950.</ref>
 
  
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* Mrs. W. G. Wyatt
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==Wayne County, Ohio Suffragists==
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* Mrs. Dwight Patterson
 
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* Harry L. Davis
 
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* Congressman S. D. Fess
 
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* Congressman Roscoe McCulloch
 
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* Dr. John G. Wishard
 
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* H. R. Smith
 
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* W. G. Patterson
 
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* Dr. J. N. Wright
 
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* H. M. Doyle
 
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* Daniel C. Funk
 
  
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==Democratic==
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# Miss Mary Agnes Craig, College of Wooster student, 1916 <ref> College of Wooster. ''The Index,'' 1917 </ref>
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# Mrs. Catherine “Kate” (Wilson) Gallentine, participated in Equal Suffrage parade in Cleveland, OH; carried the Wayne County banner, 1914; w/o William Wesley Gallentine, Sr. <ref> ''Creston Journal'' 17 November 1915 p. 5 </ref> <ref> "Local Items." ''Creston Journal.'' 7 October 1914 p. 5 </ref>
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* Mrs. John C. McClaran
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# Miss Adelaide Voorhees, 1913 <ref> "The Parade." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 4 August 1913 p. 2 </ref>
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** First chairman of the Wayne County Democratic organization
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# Miss Ruth Martin, 1913 <ref> "Suffragettes More Active." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 21 March 1913 p. 1 </ref>
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* Mrs. Florence VanNest Snavely
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# Dr. Kate Johnson, drove a “Votes for Women Car” in the automobile parade held in Wooster, Ohio in 1913; won first prize <ref> "Equal Suffrage Club." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 19 November 1913 p. 6 </ref> <ref> "The Parade." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 4 August 1913 p. 2 </ref>
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* M. M. VanNest, county Chairman
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# Miss Mary Annat, formed a local Suffrage Committee, 1912 <ref> "A Suffrage Club." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 7 August 1912 p. 2 </ref> <ref> "The Parade." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 4 August 1913 p. 2 </ref>
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* Mrs. Charles Fahr
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# Mrs. Mary (Booher) Metz
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* Miss Jean Darr
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# Mrs. Emeline McSweeney <ref> "Suffrage Meeting Held Saturday." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 17 March 1913 p. 4 </ref>
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* Mrs. L. C. Wagoner
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# Mrs. Elizabeth (Wood) Vance <ref> "Suffragettes More Active." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 21 March 1913 p. 1 </ref>
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* Rev. Jennie Metsker
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# Mrs. Katherine E. Maize <ref> "Equal Suffrage Meeting." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 20 May 1913 p. 4 </ref> <ref> "The Parade." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 4 August 1913 p. 2 </ref>
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* Mrs. L. R. Critchfield
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# Mrs. Edna Dix <ref> "Suffragettes More Active." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 21 March 1913 p. 1 </ref>
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* Mrs. M. S. Miller
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# Mrs. Victory Morris <ref> "Suffragettes More Active." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 21 March 1913 p. 1 </ref>
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* Mrs. H U. Mowery
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# Alpha Armstrong Annat
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* Mrs. C. B. Slosnagle
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# Mary Palmer
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* Joseph Willford
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# Temperance Smith
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** Ohio State Senator, 1857 <ref> ''Wooster Republican'' 26 February 1857 p. 2 </ref>
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# Lila Paul Quinby
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** Resident of Baughman Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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# Warren Mullins
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** Delivered a "Woman's Rights Speech
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# Kate Gallentine Frick
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# Mrs. Louise Gimble <ref> "The Parade." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 4 August 1913 p. 2 </ref>
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===Democratic Rally Speakers===
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# Miss Katharine Wertz <ref> "The Parade." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 4 August 1913 p. 2 </ref>
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The following is a list of rally speakers for the Democratic party <ref> Hauenstein, E. H. "Wayne Co. Women Cast First Votes Here 30 Years Ago; The Chancelor Sensation".  The ''Wooster Daily Record'' 17 October 1950.</ref>  
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# Miss Lillian Ritchie <ref> "The Parade." ''Wooster Daily News.'' 4 August 1913 p. 2 </ref>
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# Mrs. Elizabeth H. Smith <ref> "Suffragettes Draw Crowd; Much Interest Shown." ''Wayne County Democrat.'' 10 July 1912 p. 7 </ref>
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* Ida McGlone Gibson
 
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* Gertrude Fuller
 
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* Judge W. E. Weygandt
 
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* Professor Charles West
 
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* W. H. Ross
 
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* Judge L. R. Critchfield
 
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* Judge R. L. Adair
 
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* Judge C. A. Weiser
 
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* Dr. W. E. Chancellor
 
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* A. D. Metz
 
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==Unknown Political Affiliation==
 
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* Miss Alfa Armstrong - [[Fredericksburg, Ohio|Fredericksburg]]
 
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** First woman to hold county office in Wayne County, Ohio (Elected for the office of Clerk of Courts)
 
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* Miss Mary Annat
 
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** Attempted to form Suffrage Committee in 1912 <ref> ''Wooster Daily News'' 7 Aug 1912 p. 2</ref>
 
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* Mrs. R. C. Paul
 
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* Mrs. G. M. Lemmon - [[Wooster, Ohio|Wooster]]
 
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* Mrs. Cooper Davis
 
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* Lucile Grosjean
 
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* Anna Walter
 
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* Miss Conrow
 
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* Miss Welty
 
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* Emmeline Stibbs McSweeney
 
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** 1918 - faculty member of Wooster University to teach Greek; Later taught Latin and French (1924)
 
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** 1923 - appointed as Wooster University's first acting alumni secretary
 
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* M. A. Burris, WCTU columnist for ''Dalton Gazette'', 1914
 
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* Mrs. Thomas Cully, WCTU columnist for ''Dalton Gazette'', 1914
 
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* Mrs. A. L. Palmer
 
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* Mrs. C. J. Barnhart
 
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* Mrs. E. M. Quinby
 
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* Mrs. R. J. Smith
 
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* Mrs. Compton
 
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* Mrs. J. C. Paul, Reedsburg
 
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* Miss Nina Lawrence, Wooster
 
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* Mrs. Will Gallentine, Creston <ref> ''Creston Journal'' 1914 OCT 07 p.5 </ref>
 
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** 1914 Mrs. Will Gallentine took part in the Equal Suffrage parade in Cleveland and carried the Wayne County banner.
 
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* Arletta L. Warren daughter of Dr. Rolan N. Warren and Lydia (Gleason) Warren <ref> ''Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary'' Volume 1, p.856 </ref>
 
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* Adelaide Voorhees <ref> ''Wooster Daily News'' 6 Aug 1913 p. 1 col. 5 </ref>
 
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* Ruth Martin <ref> ''Wooster Daily News'' 6 Aug 1913 p. 1 col. 5 </ref>
 
  
 
==College of Wooster==
 
==College of Wooster==
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===Class of 1915 Suffragists===
 
===Class of 1915 Suffragists===
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_______ of _______ women graduating in 1915 were members of the Senior Suffragist Club. The following students were found to be members of the Suffragist Club: <ref> ''An Index,'' 1916. College of Wooster. </ref>
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In the 1916 College of Wooster yearbook, only three ladies could be found who were involved in the Senior Suffragette Club: <ref> ''An Index,'' 1916. College of Wooster. </ref>
  
 
* '''Lurana June Brown (Chairman) - Fredericktown, Ohio'''
 
* '''Lurana June Brown (Chairman) - Fredericktown, Ohio'''
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* '''Hazel May Edwards (Chairman) - Barberton, Ohio'''
 
* '''Hazel May Edwards (Chairman) - Barberton, Ohio'''
  
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==Updated Research 20 February 2020==
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==Non-Wayne County Suffragists==
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===Wayne County, Ohio Suffragists===
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(Research Updated 27 January 2021)
  
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# Miss Mary Agnes Craig, College of Wooster student, 1916
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* Miss Florence Allen (Cleveland)
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# Mrs. Catherine “Kate” (Wilson) Gallentine, participated in Equal Suffrage parade in Cleveland, OH; carried the Wayne County banner, 1914; w/o William Wesley Gallentine, Sr.
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** Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
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# Miss Adelaide Voorhees, 1913
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* Charles Brooks, Chairman of the Cuyahoga County Women Suffrage Association
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# Miss Ruth Martin, 1913
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* Mrs. Charles S. Brooke (Cleveland, Ohio), speaker
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# Dr. Kate Johnson, drove a “Votes for Women Car” in the automobile parade held in Wooster, Ohio in 1913; won first prize
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* Anna Byall (1917), responded to letter from former Daltonian, Mr. Stoll (DG 22 Feb 1917)
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# Miss Mary Annat, formed a local Suffrage Committee, 1912
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* Miss Davis
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# Mrs. Mary (Booher) Metz
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* Miss Gracie Drake (Cleveland)
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# 1857 Ohio State Senator Joseph Willford, resident of Baughman Township, Wayne County, Ohio
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** Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
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# Mrs. Emeline McSweeney
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* Miss Dysart
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# Mrs. Elizabeth (Wood) Vance
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* Caroline McCullough Everhard
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# Mrs. Katherine E. Maize
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** Born 1843 Massillon, Ohio
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# Mrs. Edna Dix
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** Died 1902
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# Mrs. Victory Morris
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** President of the Ohio Suffrage Association
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# Alpha Armstrong Annat
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* Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser (Warren, Ohio)
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# Mary Palmer
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** Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
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# Temperance Smith
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* Anna Catherine (Kinsey) Haupert
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# Lila Paul Quinby
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** Born June 1856
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# Warren Mullins
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** Married to Charles Haupert (?) 29 August 1880 Tuscarawas Co, Ohio
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# Kate Gallentine Frick
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** Spoke at Baptist Church
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** Husband was Superintendent of schools 1900-1908
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* Mrs. S. F. Hill
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* Mrs. Clara Irwin
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** Married to J. W. Irwin - Phys. and Surgeon
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* Miss Fern Keiffer
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** Daughter of Reverend
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** Taught German and Mathematics
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* Mrs. A. W. Kittinger
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* Hazel McClure (1910s)
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* Mrs. Medill McCormick, daughter of late Ohio Senator Mark Hanna
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* E. D. Merkel, Chairman of Camp and Hospital Service Committee (1945)
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* Mrs. C. O. Monroe
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* Mrs. Jane H. Newman (1917 School Board)
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** Widow of Henry Newman (?)
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* Eliza Pool
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* Mrs. Pringle (Devotional)
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* Miss Robertson
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* Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton (Warren, Ohio)
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** Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
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* Mrs. Marie Meca Varney (South Haven, Michigan)
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** Minister
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** Graduated Lombard College
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** In Women's Clubs
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** Traveled around talking about Women's Suffrage
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** Known Suffragette
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** Representative World WCTU
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* Miss Frances Elizabeth Willard
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** Member of [[Women's Christian Temperance Union|WCTU]]
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** Right to end Women's Suffrage
  
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===Early School Board Member Nominees===
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===Early Wayne County School Board Member Nominees===
  
 
# Miss Sarah E. Daily (Shreve Corporation), Board of Education
 
# Miss Sarah E. Daily (Shreve Corporation), Board of Education
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# Mrs. R. A. Garrett (People’sParty), Board of Education
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# Mrs. R. A. Garrett (People’s Party), Board of Education
 
# Mrs. Edith Sullivan (Congress Twp, 2nd Precinct)
 
# Mrs. Edith Sullivan (Congress Twp, 2nd Precinct)
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# Mrs. MelissaWarner (Congress Twp, Democratic ticket)
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# Mrs. Melissa Warner (Congress Twp, Democratic ticket)
 
# Mrs. Isabelle Yocum (Wooster City, People’s Prohibition, Woman’s Franchise Association, Citizen’s Independent)  
 
# Mrs. Isabelle Yocum (Wooster City, People’s Prohibition, Woman’s Franchise Association, Citizen’s Independent)  
 
# Mrs. Ella Geisinger (Orrville, People’s Party)
 
# Mrs. Ella Geisinger (Orrville, People’s Party)
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==Individuals of Interest==
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* Miss Alfa Armstrong - [[Fredericksburg, Ohio|Fredericksburg]]
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** First woman to hold county office in Wayne County, Ohio (Elected for the office of Clerk of Courts)
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* Miss Mary Annat
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** Attempted to form Suffrage Committee in 1912 <ref> ''Wooster Daily News'' 7 Aug 1912 p. 2</ref>
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* Charity (Lawrence) Bell Stout - abolitionist, [[Underground Railroad]] Conductor
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** 1st marriage to Simeon Bell (d. 1833)
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** 2nd marriage to John M. Stout (m.1844)
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** Died in Chantham Township, Medina County, Ohio in 1861
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* Mrs. R. C. Paul
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* Mrs. Ila Lemmon (M. G. M.) - [[Wooster, Ohio|Wooster]]
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* Mrs. Cooper Davis
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* Lucile Grosjean
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* Anna Walter
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* Miss Conrow
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* Miss Welty
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* Emmeline Stibbs McSweeney
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** 1918 - faculty member of Wooster University to teach Greek; Later taught Latin and French (1924)
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** 1923 - appointed as Wooster University's first acting alumni secretary
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* M. A. Burris, WCTU columnist for ''Dalton Gazette'', 1914
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* Mrs. Thomas Cully, WCTU columnist for ''Dalton Gazette'', 1914
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* Mrs. Mary Palmer (m. Aaron L. Palmer)
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* Mrs. C. J. Barnhart
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* Mrs. E. M. Quinby
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* Mrs. Elizabeth Herron (Pollock) Smith
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* Mrs. Compton
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* Mrs. J. C. Paul, Reedsburg
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* Miss Nina Lawrence, Wooster
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* Mrs. Will Gallentine, [[Creston, Ohio|Creston]] <ref> ''Creston Journal'' 1914 OCT 07 p.5 </ref>
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** 1914 Mrs. Will Gallentine took part in the Equal Suffrage parade in Cleveland and carried the Wayne County banner.
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* Arletta L. Warren daughter of Dr. Rolan N. Warren and Lydia (Gleason) Warren <ref> ''Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary'' Volume 1, p.856 </ref>
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* Adelaide Voorhees <ref> ''Wooster Daily News'' 6 Aug 1913 p. 1 col. 5 </ref>
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* Ruth Martin <ref> ''Wooster Daily News'' 6 Aug 1913 p. 1 col. 5 </ref>
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* Joseph Willford
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** Ohio State Senator, 1857 <ref> ''Wooster Republican'' 26 February 1857 p. 2 </ref>
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** Resident of [[Baughman Township, Wayne County, Ohio]]
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** Delivered a "Woman's Rights Speech"
  
 
==Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)==
 
==Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)==
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==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Wayne County, Ohio]]
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[[Category:Women of Wayne County]]

Latest revision as of 05:58, 3 February 2023

Please note...This page is a work in progress.

Women received the right to vote in 1920. In February 2019, the Commemoration Committee for the Centennial of the 19th Amendment Committee was formed. The co-chairs were Nell Reardon and Deb Kitko. Soon after the committee formed, it became apparent that much research would be necessary to create a list of those local individuals who were involved in some way with the Women's Suffrage Movement. This page is devoted to those individuals who may have been involved with the Women's Suffrage.

Notation: Prior to 1917, the preferred terminology used was "Woman's Suffrage". Often, in the U.S. the terms "suffragette" and "suffragist" were interchanged. The preferred term used in the United States was "suffragist". Usually, when the term "suffragette" was used, it was derogatory. The exception would be those individuals who followed Alice Paul. She and her followers took a more militant approach in their attempt to win the right to vote for women.

Background

The Woman's Suffrage Movement had its start in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. It grew out of the Women's Rights Movement. In 1840, there was a World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London, England. Several women who were abolitionists traveled to the city. They wanted to be active participants in this convention but were denied access to many of the sessions because they were women. It was here that Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton met and initiated plans to hold a convention of their own -- one that women could be active participants and not denied access on account of their gender. These preliminary discussions became reality. Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary M'Clintock, Martha Coffin Wright and Jane Hunt were the key organizers of the event.

On 18 August 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment. On 26 August 1920, U.S. Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby, certified the 19th Amendment was signed into law. The Presidential election on 2 November 1920 would become the first national election that women could vote. Leading up to the election, many rallies were held. Many Wayne Countians were involved in these rallies.

Following the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Carrie Chapman Catt founded the League of Women Voters. With the formation of this organization, women shifted their focus from winning the right to vote to supporting the new women suffrage rights. The Wayne County League of Women Voters was established later.

Wayne County, Ohio Suffragists

  1. Miss Mary Agnes Craig, College of Wooster student, 1916 [1]
  2. Mrs. Catherine “Kate” (Wilson) Gallentine, participated in Equal Suffrage parade in Cleveland, OH; carried the Wayne County banner, 1914; w/o William Wesley Gallentine, Sr. [2] [3]
  3. Miss Adelaide Voorhees, 1913 [4]
  4. Miss Ruth Martin, 1913 [5]
  5. Dr. Kate Johnson, drove a “Votes for Women Car” in the automobile parade held in Wooster, Ohio in 1913; won first prize [6] [7]
  6. Miss Mary Annat, formed a local Suffrage Committee, 1912 [8] [9]
  7. Mrs. Mary (Booher) Metz
  8. Mrs. Emeline McSweeney [10]
  9. Mrs. Elizabeth (Wood) Vance [11]
  10. Mrs. Katherine E. Maize [12] [13]
  11. Mrs. Edna Dix [14]
  12. Mrs. Victory Morris [15]
  13. Alpha Armstrong Annat
  14. Mary Palmer
  15. Temperance Smith
  16. Lila Paul Quinby
  17. Warren Mullins
  18. Kate Gallentine Frick
  19. Mrs. Louise Gimble [16]
  20. Miss Katharine Wertz [17]
  21. Miss Lillian Ritchie [18]
  22. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Smith [19]

College of Wooster

Class of 1913 Suffragists

Ten of thirty-three women graduating in 1913 were members of the Senior Suffragist Club. The following students were found to be members of the Suffragist Club: [20]

  • Hazel Eleanore Cole - Midvale, Ohio
  • Lelia Anna Compton - Wooster, Ohio
  • Mary Irwin - Detroit, Michigan
  • Elsa Marie Meckel - Lakewood, Ohio
  • Zenetta Harrison - Des Moines, Iowa
  • Isla Elizabeth McClure - Alliance, Ohio
  • Leota Munn (Chairman) - Portage, Ohio
  • Ruth Agnes Paden - Sumner, Iowa
  • Judith Edna Thomas - Alliance, Ohio
  • Marianna Mearns Wallace - Cleveland, Ohio

Class of 1914 Suffragists

Fifteen of twenty-nine women graduating in 1914 were members of the Senior Suffragist Club. The following students were found to be members of the Suffragist Club: [21]

  • Jessie Jean Becker - Montpelier, Ohio
  • Grace Marie Boyce -Dayton, Ohio
  • Nellie Chorpening - Ashland, Ohio
  • Mary Ellen Evans - Scott, Ohio
  • Blanche Lucinda Frazier - Dresden, Ohio
  • Clela May Gordon - Ashland, Ohio
  • Edith Howell (Chairman) - Freeport, Ohio
  • Elizabeth Belle McAdoo -Ashland, Ohio
  • Jeannette M. McBane -Salinevile, Ohio
  • Helen McCulloch - Freeport, Ohio
  • Margaret Ross Neave - Dresden, Ohio
  • Ruth Jewell Shearer - Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
  • Helen Beatrice Shipman - Leesburg, Pennsylvania
  • Rowena Berdine Smith - Wooster, Ohio
  • Verda May White - Northfield, Ohio

Class of 1915 Suffragists

In the 1916 College of Wooster yearbook, only three ladies could be found who were involved in the Senior Suffragette Club: [22]

  • Lurana June Brown (Chairman) - Fredericktown, Ohio
  • Mary Agnes Craig - Wooster, Ohio
  • Hazel May Edwards (Chairman) - Barberton, Ohio

Non-Wayne County Suffragists

(Research Updated 27 January 2021)

  • Miss Florence Allen (Cleveland)
    • Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
  • Charles Brooks, Chairman of the Cuyahoga County Women Suffrage Association
  • Mrs. Charles S. Brooke (Cleveland, Ohio), speaker
  • Anna Byall (1917), responded to letter from former Daltonian, Mr. Stoll (DG 22 Feb 1917)
  • Miss Davis
  • Miss Gracie Drake (Cleveland)
    • Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
  • Miss Dysart
  • Caroline McCullough Everhard
    • Born 1843 Massillon, Ohio
    • Died 1902
    • President of the Ohio Suffrage Association
  • Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser (Warren, Ohio)
    • Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
  • Anna Catherine (Kinsey) Haupert
    • Born June 1856
    • Married to Charles Haupert (?) 29 August 1880 Tuscarawas Co, Ohio
    • Spoke at Baptist Church
    • Husband was Superintendent of schools 1900-1908
  • Mrs. S. F. Hill
  • Mrs. Clara Irwin
    • Married to J. W. Irwin - Phys. and Surgeon
  • Miss Fern Keiffer
    • Daughter of Reverend
    • Taught German and Mathematics
  • Mrs. A. W. Kittinger
  • Hazel McClure (1910s)
  • Mrs. Medill McCormick, daughter of late Ohio Senator Mark Hanna
  • E. D. Merkel, Chairman of Camp and Hospital Service Committee (1945)
  • Mrs. C. O. Monroe
  • Mrs. Jane H. Newman (1917 School Board)
    • Widow of Henry Newman (?)
  • Eliza Pool
  • Mrs. Pringle (Devotional)
  • Miss Robertson
  • Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton (Warren, Ohio)
    • Ohio Equal Suffrage Association
  • Mrs. Marie Meca Varney (South Haven, Michigan)
    • Minister
    • Graduated Lombard College
    • In Women's Clubs
    • Traveled around talking about Women's Suffrage
    • Known Suffragette
    • Representative World WCTU
  • Miss Frances Elizabeth Willard
    • Member of WCTU
    • Right to end Women's Suffrage

Early Wayne County School Board Member Nominees

  1. Miss Sarah E. Daily (Shreve Corporation), Board of Education
  2. Mrs. R. A. Garrett (People’s Party), Board of Education
  3. Mrs. Edith Sullivan (Congress Twp, 2nd Precinct)
  4. Mrs. Melissa Warner (Congress Twp, Democratic ticket)
  5. Mrs. Isabelle Yocum (Wooster City, People’s Prohibition, Woman’s Franchise Association, Citizen’s Independent)
  6. Mrs. Ella Geisinger (Orrville, People’s Party)

Individuals of Interest

  • Miss Alfa Armstrong - Fredericksburg
    • First woman to hold county office in Wayne County, Ohio (Elected for the office of Clerk of Courts)
  • Miss Mary Annat
    • Attempted to form Suffrage Committee in 1912 [23]
  • Charity (Lawrence) Bell Stout - abolitionist, Underground Railroad Conductor
    • 1st marriage to Simeon Bell (d. 1833)
    • 2nd marriage to John M. Stout (m.1844)
    • Died in Chantham Township, Medina County, Ohio in 1861
  • Mrs. R. C. Paul
  • Mrs. Ila Lemmon (M. G. M.) - Wooster
  • Mrs. Cooper Davis
  • Lucile Grosjean
  • Anna Walter
  • Miss Conrow
  • Miss Welty
  • Emmeline Stibbs McSweeney
    • 1918 - faculty member of Wooster University to teach Greek; Later taught Latin and French (1924)
    • 1923 - appointed as Wooster University's first acting alumni secretary
  • M. A. Burris, WCTU columnist for Dalton Gazette, 1914
  • Mrs. Thomas Cully, WCTU columnist for Dalton Gazette, 1914
  • Mrs. Mary Palmer (m. Aaron L. Palmer)
  • Mrs. C. J. Barnhart
  • Mrs. E. M. Quinby
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Herron (Pollock) Smith
  • Mrs. Compton
  • Mrs. J. C. Paul, Reedsburg
  • Miss Nina Lawrence, Wooster
  • Mrs. Will Gallentine, Creston [24]
    • 1914 Mrs. Will Gallentine took part in the Equal Suffrage parade in Cleveland and carried the Wayne County banner.
  • Arletta L. Warren daughter of Dr. Rolan N. Warren and Lydia (Gleason) Warren [25]
  • Adelaide Voorhees [26]
  • Ruth Martin [27]
  • Joseph Willford

Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

References

  1. ↑ College of Wooster. The Index, 1917
  2. ↑ Creston Journal 17 November 1915 p. 5
  3. ↑ "Local Items." Creston Journal. 7 October 1914 p. 5
  4. ↑ "The Parade." Wooster Daily News. 4 August 1913 p. 2
  5. ↑ "Suffragettes More Active." Wooster Daily News. 21 March 1913 p. 1
  6. ↑ "Equal Suffrage Club." Wooster Daily News. 19 November 1913 p. 6
  7. ↑ "The Parade." Wooster Daily News. 4 August 1913 p. 2
  8. ↑ "A Suffrage Club." Wooster Daily News. 7 August 1912 p. 2
  9. ↑ "The Parade." Wooster Daily News. 4 August 1913 p. 2
  10. ↑ "Suffrage Meeting Held Saturday." Wooster Daily News. 17 March 1913 p. 4
  11. ↑ "Suffragettes More Active." Wooster Daily News. 21 March 1913 p. 1
  12. ↑ "Equal Suffrage Meeting." Wooster Daily News. 20 May 1913 p. 4
  13. ↑ "The Parade." Wooster Daily News. 4 August 1913 p. 2
  14. ↑ "Suffragettes More Active." Wooster Daily News. 21 March 1913 p. 1
  15. ↑ "Suffragettes More Active." Wooster Daily News. 21 March 1913 p. 1
  16. ↑ "The Parade." Wooster Daily News. 4 August 1913 p. 2
  17. ↑ "The Parade." Wooster Daily News. 4 August 1913 p. 2
  18. ↑ "The Parade." Wooster Daily News. 4 August 1913 p. 2
  19. ↑ "Suffragettes Draw Crowd; Much Interest Shown." Wayne County Democrat. 10 July 1912 p. 7
  20. ↑ An Index, 1914. College of Wooster.
  21. ↑ An Index, 1915. College of Wooster.
  22. ↑ An Index, 1916. College of Wooster.
  23. ↑ Wooster Daily News 7 Aug 1912 p. 2
  24. ↑ Creston Journal 1914 OCT 07 p.5
  25. ↑ Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary Volume 1, p.856
  26. ↑ Wooster Daily News 6 Aug 1913 p. 1 col. 5
  27. ↑ Wooster Daily News 6 Aug 1913 p. 1 col. 5
  28. ↑ Wooster Republican 26 February 1857 p. 2
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