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Frances Jane Woods (December 2, 1864 - October 7, 1959) was an American physician and suffragist. She worked for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and other women's suffrage organizations across several states.
Biography
[edit]Woods was born on December 2, 1864 and was raised in Nebraska City, Nebraska.[1] Woods attended the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania where she graduated at the top of her class in May of 1894.[1] She was an intern at the Memorial Hospital in Worcester and the New England Hospital for Women and Children.[1] Afterwards, she worked at a boarding school, St. Helen’s Hall, as a nurse and resident physician.[1] She enlisted as a Red Cross volunteer during the Spanish–American War and was sent to the Philippines, along with Anita Newcomb McGee, in August 1898.[2] Woods and other women medical volunteers worked to be seen as equals and given work assignments.[3] Eventually, was placed in charge of a ward in the First Reserve Hospital in Manila.[3] Upon her return to the United States in the summer of 1899, she visited home and then embarked on a speaking tour about her wartime experiences.[4]
Woods was considered a talented speaker and gained considerable experience organizing for women's suffrage in several states.[5] Wood began to work as a national suffrage organizer for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1901.[6] Woods organized suffragists in Oregon in 1898.[7] She was living in Des Moines, Iowa in 1900 and took part in the state's woman's suffrage campaign alongside Mary Garrett Hay.[6] Woods became the Iowa state organizer for the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association.[6][8] Later, she campaigned in other states, including Arkansas, Kansas and Ohio in 1901,[9] Arizona in 1902,[10] Kentucky in 1901 and 1904,[6][5] and Oklahoma in 1905,[11] In Oklahoma, Woods and Laura Gregg organized in "Indian Territory," in particular allying with Robert L. Owen of the Cherokee Nation.[12] Due to their influence, the territorial suffrage association grew by 31 percent.[12]
Woods resigned from national organizing work in 1908.[13] She spent most of the rest of her life in Tucson, Arizona.[13]
Woods died in a rest home in Tucson on October 7, 1959.[13][14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Lindell 2014, p. 11.
- ↑ Lindell 2014, p. 12.
- 1 2 Lindell 2014, p. 13.
- ↑ Lindell 2014, p. 14.
- 1 2 Goan 2020, p. 111.
- 1 2 3 4 Lindell 2014, p. 15.
- ↑ Anthony 1902, p. 893.
- ↑ Anthony 1902, p. 632.
- ↑ Lindell 2014, p. 15-16.
- ↑ Harper 1922, p. 10-11.
- ↑ Harper 1922, p. 521-522.
- 1 2 James, Louise Boyd. "Woman's Suffrage, Oklahoma Style, 1890-1918". In Thurman, Melvena K. (ed.). Women in Oklahoma: A Century of Change. p. 188.
- 1 2 3 Lindell 2014, p. 16.
- ↑ "Woman Doctor Dies Here at 94". Tucson Daily Citizen. 8 October 1959.
Sources
[edit]- Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
- Goan, Melanie Beals (2020). A Simple Justice: Kentucky Women Fight for the Vote. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813180175 – via Oxford Academic.
- Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
- Lindell, Lisa (Summer 2014). "A Woman of Her Time: Dr. Frances Woods and the Intersection of War, Expansionism and Equal Rights". Hilton M. Briggs Library Faculty Publications. 24 – via Open Prairie.