List of Arkansas suffragists

This is a list of Arkansas suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Arkansas.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2021)

Groups

NAWSA certificate for Bernie Babcock, 1920
  • Arkansas Equal Suffrage Association (AESA), organized in 1888.[1]
  • Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs (AFWC).[2]
  • Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), formed in 1881.[1]
  • The second iteration of the Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), created in 1914.[3] It was also known as the Arkansas Equal Suffrage Central Committee (AESCC).[3]
  • Washington County Women's Suffrage Association, formed in 1915.[2]
  • Women's Political Equality League (PEL), starts meeting in 1913.[2]

Suffragists

Women's suffrage delegation at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, 1917
  • Freda Hogan Ameringer (Huntington).[2]
  • Bernie Babcock (Little Rock).[4]
  • Ida Jones Brooks (Little Rock).[5]
  • Mary Burt Brooks.[6]
  • Haryot Holt Cahoon.[7]
  • Hattie Wyatt Caraway.[8]
  • Fannie L. Chunn (Little Rock).[9]
  • Florence Brown Cotnam (Little Rock).[8]
  • Catherine Campbell Cunningham (Little Rock).[6]
  • Alice S. Ellington.[3]
  • Pauline Floyd (El Dorado).[2]
  • Minnie Rutherford Fuller (Little Rock).[10][11]
  • Lizzie Dorman Fyler (Eureka Springs).[1]
  • Olive Gatlin Leigh.[12]
  • Jean Vernor Jennings (Little Rock).[13]
  • Adele Johnson (Hot Springs).[14]
  • Mary W. Loughborough (Little Rock).[5]
  • Josephine Miller (Little Rock).[15]
  • James Mitchell (Little Rock).[16]
  • Clara McDiarmid (Little Rock).[1]
  • Gertrude Watkins (Little Rock).[8][15]

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

  • E.P. Hill.[2]
  • Miles Ledford Langley (Arkadelphia).[1]
  • John A. Riggs (Garland County).[5]
  • George P. Whittington (Hot Springs).[5]

Places

Publications

  • Woman's Chronicle.[1]

Suffragists campaigning in Arkansas

Anti-suffragists in Arkansas

People

  • Walker Smith (Magnolia).[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Taylor, Paula Kyzer (20 August 2020). "Women's Suffrage Movement". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Arkansas Women's Suffrage Timeline". Arkansas Heritage. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  3. ^ a b c Rollberg, Jeanne Norton (24 November 2020). "Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  4. ^ Camp, Marcia (23 October 2020). "Bernie Babcock (1868–1962)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  5. ^ a b c d e Dillard, Tom (2017-11-12). "Struggle For Suffrage". Arkansas Online. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  6. ^ a b Taylor 1956, p. 21.
  7. ^ Anthony 1902, p. 475.
  8. ^ a b c "Suffragists in Arkansas". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  9. ^ Taylor 1956, p. 22.
  10. ^ Harper 1922, p. 16.
  11. ^ Ezell, John S. (1971). "Fuller, Minnie Rutherford". In James, Edward T.; James, Janet Wilson; Boyer, Paul S. (eds.). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 683. ISBN 0674627342.
  12. ^ Harper 1922, p. 22.
  13. ^ Ritter-Maggio, Armanda. "Biographical Sketch of Jean Vernor (Dr. Chester) Jennings". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
  14. ^ Harper 1922, p. 18.
  15. ^ a b "Invaluable Out-of-Staters". History in South Dakota. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  16. ^ Ross 1984, p. 226.
  17. ^ Taylor 1956, p. 26.
  18. ^ Taylor 1956, p. 23-24.
  19. ^ Harper 1922, p. 20.

Sources

  • Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
  • Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
  • Ross, Frances Mitchell (Autumn 1984). "James Mitchell, Spokesman for Women's Equality in Nineteenth Century Arkansas". Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 43 (3): 222–235. doi:10.2307/40027710. JSTOR 40027710 – via JSTOR.
  • Taylor, A. Elizabeth (Spring 1956). "The Woman Suffrage Movement in Arkansas". Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 15 (1): 17–52. doi:10.2307/40027189. JSTOR 40027189 – via JSTOR.