Sharon Silzell
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On June 4, 1919, the United States Congress finally passed the Nineteenth Amendment, guaranteeing women’s right to vote.Before going into effect, the…
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In 1915 Florence Cotnam became the first woman to address the Arkansas State Assembly while in session.Cotnam was a member of the Political Equality…
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After several attempts to get an amendment added to the state constitution, Arkansas suffragists finally won a partial victory in 1917.In a front-page…
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The flu pandemic of 1918 hit the suffrage movement hard.Carrie Chapman Catt, the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, extremely…
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The Dec. 15, 1918 Arkansas Gazette attributed the defeat of a proposed Arkansas Constitution, which included a provision for women’s suffrage, to bad…
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By Oct. 1918, 12 states had recognized women’s right to vote, but a federal constitutional amendment was defeated in the Senate.With midterm elections…
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After a decade of near silence on the issue, in January 1910, Little Rock women, Lynn Hemingway, Julia Clarke, Nell Dooley, and Adolphine Fletcher…
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Just a few weeks after its formation, the new women’s suffrage organization in Little Rock was making great progress.The March 16 , 1911 edition of the…
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Rather than marching in the streets, the Arkansans involved in the women's suffrage movement in the 19th century limited their actions to public lectures…
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While the collaboration of religious leaders and women activists likely began during the temperance movement, many church leaders became active and…