The Alpha Suffrage Record

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The Alpha Suffrage Record

03/18/1914

https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/ead/pdf/ibwells-0008-009-07.pdf

From the Ida B. Wells Papers 1884-1976, Series VI: Ida B. Wells, Biographical Materials, Box 8, folder 9

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Alpha Suffrage Club

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The Alpha Suffrage Club was the first and most important black female suffrage club in Chicago and one of the most important in Illinois. It was founded on January 30, 1913 by Ida B. Wells with the help of her white colleagues Belle Squire and Virginia Brooks. The Club aimed to give a voice to African American women who had been excluded from national suffrage organizations such as the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Its stated purpose was to inform black women of their civ...