Iowa women's suffrage records, 1866-1951.

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Iowa women's suffrage records, 1866-1951.

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Records, documents, and scrapbooks related to the women's suffrage movement in Iowa and commemoration of the movement after the 19th amendment was passed. Includes material from the Iowa Woman Suffrage Society, the Iowa Woman Suffrage Association, Iowa Equal Suffrage Association, Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission, Iowa League of Women Voters, and the Des Moines Political Equality Club. Also contains correspondence and documents related to Carrie Chapman Catt; the 1940 Women's Centennial Congress and various suffrage publications, notably The Revolution, (1868-1870); The Woman's Column (1892); The Woman Citizen (1917-1918); and The Woman's Standard (1886-1888).

9.5 linear ft. (23 archives boxes)

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621884

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activ...

Iowa Equal Suffrage Association.

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Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in Johnstown, New York in 1815. She organized the first Women's Rights Convention at Senecca Falls, New York, in 1848 and for more than fifty years thereafter was a crusader for women's rights, especially women's suffrage. She died in New York City in 1902....

Iowa Suffrage Memorial Commission

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Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa State alumna (1880), was born on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin to Maria Clinton and Lucius Lane. At the close of the Civil War, the Lanes moved to a farm near Charles City, Iowa where they remained throughout their lives. Carrie entered Iowa State College in 1877 completing her work in three years. She graduated at the top of her class and while in Ames established military drills for women, became the first...

Iowa Woman Suffrage Association

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Des Moines Political Equality Club

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Iowa Woman Suffrage Society

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League of Women Voters of Iowa

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The League of Women Voters of Iowa was founded in 1920 as a state-level branch of the National League of Women Voters. A non-partisan organization, the League seeks to promote political responsibility through educating and informing the public on selected governmental issues and promoting action on those issues. In 1971 the Citizens' Information Service was established to carry out the Iowa League's educational activities. From the description of Records of the League of Women Voters...