List of Wisconsin suffragists

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

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

Groups

Woman's Club of Baraboo Wisconsin, 1880
  • Centralia Equal Suffrage Association, founded in 1882.[1]
  • Grand Rapids Equal Suffrage Association, founded in 1882.[1]
  • Madison Equal Suffrage Association (MESA), founded in 1879.[1]
  • Marathon County Woman Suffrage Association, founded in 1879.[1]
  • Men's League for Women's Suffrage, formed in 1911.[2]
  • Mukwonago Woman Suffrage Association, founded in 1880.[1]
  • National Woman's Party branch, founded in 1917.[1]
  • Olympic Club, founded in 1882 in Milwaukee.[1]
  • Political Equality League, formed in 1911.[3]
  • Political Equality League, African American branch in Milwaukee.[4]
  • Richland Center Women's Club, organized in 1870.[5]
  • South Side Woman Suffrage Association, founded in 1882 in Milwaukee.[1]
  • Whitewater Woman Suffrage Club, founded in 1882.[1]
  • Woman's Club of Baraboo, Wisconsin.[6]
  • Woman Suffrage Association at Mosinee, founded in 1882.[1]
  • Woman Suffrage Association of Wisconsin (WSAW), founded in 1869.[1] Later, in 1882, it is known as the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association (WWSA).[1]

Suffragists

"Bloomer Girls" support women's suffrage, c. 1903
  • Mathilde Franziska Anneke (Milwaukee).[7]
  • Harriet Bain (Kenosha).[8]
  • Stella Baker (Suffragist) (Dexterville).[8]
  • Emma Curtiss Bascom (Madison).[8]
  • John Bascom (Madison).[8]
  • Mary W. Bentley (Marathon).[8]
  • Meta Berger (Milwaukee).[9]
  • Emma Brown (Fort Atkinson).[1][10]
  • Olympia Brown (Racine).[11]
  • Vie H. Campbell (Evansville).[8]
  • Carrie Chapman Catt (Ripon).[7]
  • Augusta Chapin (Milwaukee).[12]
  • Helen Holmes Charleton (Broadhead).[8]
  • Edna Phillips Chynoweth (Madison).[8]
  • Clara Bewick Colby (Madison).[11]
  • Alice B. Curtis (Milwaukee).[8]
  • James Densmore (Oshkosh).[13]
  • Mary A. Derrick (Brodhead).[8]
  • Emma Smith DeVoe.[8]
  • Martha Parker Dingee (Racine).[14][15]
  • Nellie Donaldson.[16]
  • Marion V. Dudley (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Almah Jane Frisby (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Zona Gale (Portage).[7]
  • Lavinia Goodell (Janesville).[8]
  • Hattie Tyng Griswold (Columbus).[8]
  • Sophie Gudden (Grand Rapids).[8]
  • Helen H. Haight (Waukesha).[7]
  • Alura Collins Hollister (Mukwonago).[8]
  • Jessie Jack Hooper (Oshkosh).[11]
  • Carrie S. Cook Horton (Milwaukee).[4]
  • Ada James (Richland Center).[11]
  • Laura Briggs James (Richland Center).[8]
  • Sarah James (Oshkosh).[8]
  • Rachel Szold Jastrow (Madison).[17]
  • Charlotte Jordan (Kenosha).[8]
  • Mabel Judd (Lancaster).[8]
  • Angie King (Janesville).[8]
  • Georgiana J. Koppke (Baraboo).[8]
  • Belle Case La Follette (Summit, Baraboo, Madison).[11]
  • Fola La Follette (Madison).[18]
    Belle Case La Follette speaking in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, in 1915
  • Lucinda Lake (Juda).[8]
  • Jessie Luther (Madison).[8]
  • Henry Doty Maxon (Menominee).[19]
  • Maud Leonard McCreery (Green Bay).[8]
  • Helen Farnsworth Mears (Oshkosh).[20]
  • Sarah Munro (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Meda Neubecker (Waukesha).[8]
  • Helen R. Olin (Madison).[8]
  • Nellie Mann Opdale (La Crosse).[21]
  • Hanna Patchin (New London).[8]
  • Mary G. Pearce (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Lila Peckham (Milwaukee).[1]
  • Nora Perkins (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Susan Miller Quackenbush (Portage).[22]
  • Sarah A. Richards (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Emma Robinson (Kenosha).[8]
  • Jane Rogers (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Lutie Stearns (Milwaukee).[7]
  • Sophie Stathearn (Kaukauna).[8]
  • Vandalia Varnum Thomas.[23]
  • Mary Swain Wagner (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Frances McDonnell Wentworth (Racine).[8]
  • Pauline Wies (Milwaukee).[24]
  • Gwendolen Brown Willis (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Eliza Wilson (Menomonee).[8]
  • Belle Winestine (Madison).[25]
  • Laura Ross Wolcott (Milwaukee).[11]
  • Edna Wright (Milwaukee).[8]
  • Theodora W. Youmans (Waukesha).[26]

Politicians who supported women's suffrage

Places

Publications

Suffragists campaigning in Wisconsin

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Timeline of Wisconsin Women's Suffrage". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  2. ^ Grant 1980, p. 114-115.
  3. ^ Harper 1922, p. 700-701.
  4. ^ a b c Strand, Karla J.; Dunn, Brandon. "Biography of Carrie S. Cook Horton, 1875-1971". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
  5. ^ McBride 1988, p. 251.
  6. ^ WHS 2020, p. 7.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Wisconsin Women and Suffrage". Wisconsin Women Making History. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq "Wisconsin Suffragists". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  9. ^ "Mrs. Meta Berger, widow of Socialist leader in state, dies". Turning Points in Wisconsin History | Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  10. ^ Hunter, Julia (2019-05-16). "Wisconsin journalists played key roles in suffrage movement". Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  11. ^ a b c d e f WHS 2020, p. 2.
  12. ^ McBride 1993, p. 46.
  13. ^ Youmans 1921, p. 5.
  14. ^ Anthony 1902, p. 988.
  15. ^ Meldrum, Monica. "Biographical Sketch of Martha Parker Dingee". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
  16. ^ a b c Harper 1922, p. 700.
  17. ^ Nelson, Nerissa. "Biographical Sketch of Rachel Szold Jastrow". Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  18. ^ "Invaluable Out-of-Staters". History in South Dakota. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  19. ^ a b c d e Anthony 1902, p. 986.
  20. ^ "Helen Farnsworth Mears". Wisconsin Women Making History. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  21. ^ "Women's History Month: 31 profiles celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage". La Crosse Tribune. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  22. ^ Weiland, Kasandra. "Biographical Sketch of Susan Miller Quackenbush". Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  23. ^ McBride 1993, p. 216.
  24. ^ McBride 1993, p. 213.
  25. ^ "Suffragists in Wisconsin". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  26. ^ WHS 2020, p. 10.
  27. ^ McBride 1988, p. 255.
  28. ^ Youmans 1921, p. 8.
  29. ^ Youmans 1921, p. 11.
  30. ^ Youmans 1921, p. 6.
  31. ^ McBride 1993, p. 218.
  32. ^ a b c d Youmans 1921, p. 9.
  33. ^ "Wisconsin and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  34. ^ Bilić, Viktorija. "German-Language Media". Encyclopedia of Milwaukee. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  35. ^ "The Wisconsin Chief (Fort Atkinson, Wis.) 1857-1889". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  36. ^ Harper 1922, p. 705.
  37. ^ Anthony 1902, p. 987.
  38. ^ Harper 1922, p. 701.
  39. ^ a b c Anthony 1902, p. 989.
  40. ^ Noun, Louise R. (1969). Strong-Minded Women: The Emergence of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Iowa. Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University PRess. p. 90. ISBN 0813816025.
  41. ^ Forlaw, Blair. "Biography of Miss Alice L. Thompson Waytes, 1870-1949". Biographical Database of Black Woman Suffragists – via Alexander Street.

Sources

  • Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
  • Grant, Marilyn (Winter 1980). "The 1912 Suffrage Referendum: An Exercise in Political Action". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 64 (2): 107–118. JSTOR 4635498 – via JSTOR.
  • Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
  • McBride, Genevieve G. (Summer 1988). "Theodora Winton Youmans and the Wisconsin Woman Movement". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 71 (4): 242–275. JSTOR 4636147 – via JSTOR.
  • McBride, Genevieve G. (1993). On Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights from Settlement to Suffrage. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0299140008.
  • WHS (2020). Women's Suffrage Centennial Celebration (PDF). Wisconsin Historical Society.
  • Youmans, Theodora W. (September 1921). "How Wisconsin Women Won the Ballot". The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 5 (1): 3–32. JSTOR 4630337 – via JSTOR.

External links

  • On Wisconsin: Celebrating 100 Years of the 19th Amendment