List of Rhode Island suffragists

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

Groups

  • Bristol Equal Suffrage League.[1]
  • College Equal Suffrage League, Rhode Island group formed in 1907.[2][3]
  • Congressional Union of Providence, Rhode Island, created in 1916.[4]
  • Jamestown Equal Suffrage League.[5]
  • Newport County Woman Suffrage League, founded in 1908.[6][7]
  • Providence Woman Suffrage Party.[3]
  • Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1915.[3]
  • Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association, created in 1868.[8]
  • Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Party, created in 1913.[3]
  • Rhode Island Union of Colored Women's Clubs, created in 1903.[2][9]
  • Woman's Newport League.[2]
  • Women's Political Equality League of Providence.[4]

Suffragists

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

Suffragists campaigning in Rhode Island

Places

Publications

  • The Amendment.[2]
  • The Pioneer and Woman's Advocate, founded in 1852.[17]
  • The Una, founded in 1853.[37]

Anti-suffragists

Groups

  • Rhode Island Association in Opposition to Woman Suffrage.[38]

Individuals

  • Mrs. Edward Johnson.[28]
  • Margaret Farnum Lippitt.[28][39]
  • Mary Lippitt Steedman.[39]

See also

References

  1. "Centennial & Suffrage History". MyLO. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  2. Stevens, Elizabeth C. "The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island". EnCompass. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  3. Manning, Lucinda (2001). "Records of the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island". Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division. revised by Kim Nusco. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  4. DeSimone, Russell (11 January 2020). "Rhode Island's Two Unheralded Suffragists". Small State Big History. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  5. Gibbs, Ryan (13 August 2020). "Getty event to celebrate centennial of women's suffrage". Jamestown Press. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  6. Young, Bailey. "Biographical Sketch of Clara Brownell May (Mrs. Oscar) Miller". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 via Alexander Street.
  7. Harper 1922, p. 577.
  8. "Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Inducted 2002". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  9. "Died". The New York Age. 1914-07-09. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-10-03 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Mary Ballou: "A Rhode Island Suffrage Pioneer"". Portsmouth History Notes. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  11. "When Gilded Suffragists Reached Out to Black Activists". Johanna Neuman. 2018-01-12. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  12. Truppi, Lily; Cottineau, Sacha. "Biographical Sketch of Mae E. Proffitt Bentley". Alexander Street. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  13. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 908.
  14. Battye, Jilian; Riordan, Katherine. "Biographical Sketch of Rose Talliaferro Bradic". Alexander Street. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  15. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 909.
  16. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 907-908.
  17. DeSimone, Russell (3 July 2020). "Rhode Island's Long Quest for Women's Suffrage". Small State Big History. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  18. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 912.
  19. DeSimone, Russell J. (1 March 2015). "Celebrating Women's History Month: 10 who helped shape the Ocean State". Providence Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  20. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 918.
  21. Ramos, Emily; Szeneitas, Sophia. "Biographical Sketch of Lucy Proffitt". Alexander Street. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  22. Harper 1922, p. 566.
  23. Miller, Elisa. "Biographical Sketch of Louise Hall". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 via Alexander Street.
  24. Harper 1922, p. 567.
  25. "Suffrage Mass Meeting". Newport Mercury. 1917-08-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-10-01 via Newspapers.com.
  26. Harper 1922, p. 571.
  27. Harper 1922, p. 565-566.
  28. Harper 1922, p. 574.
  29. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 910.
  30. Harper 1922, p. 570.
  31. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 907.
  32. Harper 1922, p. 568.
  33. "Plan Greeting for Liberty Bell Party". New Castle Herald. 1915-06-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-03-05 via Newspapers.com.
  34. Bort, Ina (2017-04-21). "Suffrage on the Menu: The Marble House Conferences of 1909 and 1914". Behind The Scenes: New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  35. "For Suffrage Work". Newport Daily News. 1914-06-26. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-10-01 via Newspapers.com.
  36. "Rhode Island and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  37. DeSimone, Russell (31 March 2018). "Rhode Island Women Enter 19th Century Politics". Small State Big History. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  38. "Opposed to Suffrage". Newport Daily News. 1912-10-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-10-01 via Newspapers.com.
  39. "Suffrage Timeline". Lippit House Project. Retrieved 2020-09-30.

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