List of Delaware suffragists
This is a list of Delaware suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Delaware.
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Groups
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- Arden Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1912.[1]
- Congressional Union (CU).[2]
- Delaware Equal Suffrage Association (DESA), formed in 1895.[3][4]
- Delaware Suffrage Association, formed in 1869.[2]
- Equal Suffrage Study Club.[5]
- New Castle Equal Suffrage Association.[6]
- Newport Equal Suffrage Association.[6]
- National Women's Party (NWP).[2]
- Wilmington Equal Suffrage Club (or Association), formed in 1895.[2]
- Wilmington Equal Suffrage Suffrage Study Club (WESSC).[7]
- Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Delaware.[2]
Suffragists
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- Helen Wormley Anderson .[8]
- Annie Arniel (Wilmington).[9]
- Rachel Foster Avery (Wilmington).[10]
- Anna Cootsman Bach.[8]
- Alice Gertrude Baldwin (Wilmington).[2]
- Ida Perkins Ball.[8]
- Mary Richardson Bancroft.[8]
- Naomi Barrett (Wilmington).[9]
- Catherine Boyle (New Castle).[9]
- Mary Clare Brassington.[2]
- Mary E. Brown (Wilmington).[11]
- Eleanor Morris Burnet.[8]
- Emma Jester Burnett.[8]
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary (Wilmington).[9]
- Martha Churchman Cranston.[2]
- Mary R. De Vou (Wilmington).[12]
- Mabel F. Donahoe.[8]
- Bessie Spence Dorrell.[5]
- Agnes Y. Downey (Wilmington).[13]
- Rose Lippincott Hizar Duggin.[8]
- Josephine Anderson du Pont.[8]
- Mary Seward Pillips Eskridge.[8]
- Sallie Topkis Ginns (Wilmington).[8]
- Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton.[8]
- Rosewell Hammond.[8]
- Florence Hilles (New Castle).[9]
- Robert G. Houston (Georgetown).[14]
- Margaret W. Houston.[3]
- Caroline Taylor Hughes.[8]
- Ella W. Johnson.[8]
- Etta Gray Jones (Bridgeville).[15]
- Margaret Harrigon Kent.[8]
- Marie T. Lockwood (Middletown).[16]
- Emma Maria Lore (Wilmington).[17]
- Annie J. Magee (Wilmington).[18]
- Mary H. Askew Mather.[8]
- Mary E. Marchand Milligan.[8]
Alice Dunbar Nelson - Winifred Morris.[8]
- Anna Fisher Morse.[8]
- Alice Dunbar Nelson (Wilmington).[5]
- Nellie B. Nicholson (Wilmington).[19]
- Gertrude Fulton Nields.[8]
- Mary Ospina (Wilmington).[2][20]
- Jane White Pennewill.[8]
- Mary Price Phillips.[8]
- Adelina Piunti (New Castle).[21]
- Mabel Lloyd Ridgely (Dover).[2]
- Eva Halpern Robin.[2]
- Elizabeth G. Robinson.[3]
- Willabelle Shurter.[8]
- Frank Stephens (Arden).[22]
- Mary Ann Sorden Stuart (Greenwood).[2]
- Blanche Williams Stubbs (Wilmington).[5]
- Emma Gibson Sykes (Wilmington).[5]
- Mabel Vernon (Wilmington).[9]
- Elizabeth Walling.[3]
- Emalea Pusey Warner.[2]
- Sadie Monroe Waters (Greenwood).[23]
- Anna Beauchamp Reynolds Wedler.[8]
- Caroline B. Williams (Wilmington).[19]
- Mary J. Johnson Woodlen (Wilmington).[2]
- Emma Worrell.[2]
Politicians in support of women's suffrage
[edit]Places
[edit]- Hotel DuPont (Wilmington).[13]
- New Castle County Courthouse (New Castle).[25]
Suffragists who campaigned in Delaware
[edit]- Lida Stokes Adams.[22]
- Lucy E. Anthony.[26]
- Susan B. Anthony.[2]
- Mary C. C. Bradford.[3]
- Carrie Chapman Catt.[9]
- Mary Ware Dennett.[1]
- Susan S. Fessenden.[26]
- Helen Hoy Greeley.[27]
- Laura A. Gregg.[3]
- Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale.[6]
- Florence Jaffray Harriman.[6]
- Mary Garrett Hay.[10]
- Elsie Hill.[2]
- Diana Hirschler.[3]
- Anna Maxwell Jones.[27]
- Rosalie Jones.[1]
- Belva Lockwood.[2]
- Maria McMahon.[24]
- Harriet May Mills.[6]
- Henrietta G. Moore.[10]
- Emmeline Pankhurst.[2]
- Maud Wood Park.[6]
- Jeannette Rankin.[2]
- Anna Howard Shaw.[3]
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton.[2]
- Mary Church Terrell.[2]
- Lola Trax.[13]
- Harriet Taylor Upton.[1]
- Narcissa Cox Vanderlip.[6]
- Mary Heald Way.[3]
- Mary Winsor.[26]
Anti-suffragists
[edit]Groups
- Delaware Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (DAOWS), formed in 1914.[2][28]
People
- Elizabeth du Pont Bayard.[28]
- Amy du Pont.[28]
- Emily Bissell (Wilmington).[2]
- May du Pont Saulsbury.[28]
- Mary Wilson Thompson (Greenville).[2][28]
Politicians
- Henry P. Scott.[19]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Harper 1922, p. 89.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Boylan, Anne M. (Summer 2019). "Delaware Women's Suffrage Timeline" (PDF). Delaware Historical Society. League of Women Voters. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Anthony 1902, p. 564.
- ↑ Hoffecker 1983, p. 150.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Stopyra, Diane (August 17, 2020). "African American suffragists". UDaily. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harper 1922, p. 86.
- ↑ "Delaware and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Boylan, Anne M. (September 2019). "Delaware Suffrage Leaders" (PDF). Women's Vote Delaware. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Suffragists in Delaware". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- 1 2 3 Anthony 1902, p. 563.
- ↑ Cantoran-Torres, Veronica; Miles, Cameron. "Biographical Sketch of Mary E. Brown". Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ↑ Boylan 2020, p. 22.
- 1 2 3 Harper 1922, p. 91.
- ↑ Harper 1922, p. 98-99.
- ↑ Bramhall, Sue (March 17, 2020). "Local suffragists deserve recognition and thanks". Cape Gazette. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ↑ "The Suffrage Shebang: Middletown and Women's Suffrage -". Middletown, Delaware History. July 27, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ↑ Turrell, Kate. "Biographical Sketch of Emma Maria Lore". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ↑ DiMarco, Gabriella; Shields, Maeve. "Biographical Sketch of Annie J. Magee [or McGee]". Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- 1 2 3 Englehart, Lora Bilton (July 24, 2020). "We Look Back at Delaware's Integral Role in the Fight for Women's Voting Rights". Delaware Today. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ↑ Boylan, Anne M. "Biographical Sketch of Mary A. Ospina". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ↑ Hall, Colleen. "Biographical Sketch of Adelina Piunti (DiSabatino)". Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- 1 2 Harper 1922, p. 88.
- ↑ Boylan, Anne M. (October 20, 2020). "Bridgeville's Sadie Waters and the 19th Amendment". Cape Gazette. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- 1 2 Harper 1922, p. 92.
- ↑ Hoffecker 1983, p. 155.
- 1 2 3 Harper 1922, p. 87.
- 1 2 Harper 1922, p. 90.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "The Anti-suffragists". Votes for Delaware Women. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
Sources
[edit]- Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
- Boylan, Anne M. (2020). "Delaware Suffragist Biographies" (PDF). Women's Vote. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2019.
- Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
- Hoffecker, Carol E. (Spring 1983). "Delaware's Woman Suffrage Campaign" (PDF). Delaware History. 20 (3): 149–167.