List of Iowa suffragists facts for kids
This article is about the amazing people and groups in Iowa who worked hard to get women the right to vote. This movement is called women's suffrage. These brave individuals, known as suffragists, believed that women should have the same right to vote as men. They organized, spoke out, and campaigned to make this important change happen in Iowa and across the United States.
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Groups That Helped Women Vote
- Afro-American Protective Association.
- Boone Equality Club.
- Chariton Equal Suffrage Society.
- Des Moines League of Colored Women Voters (started in 1912).
- Iowa Equal Suffrage Association (IESA): This was a main group, first called the Iowa Woman Suffrage Association (IWSA) in 1870.
- Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.
- Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs (IFWC).
- Men's League for Women's Suffrage: Men who supported women's right to vote formed this group in 1910.
- Men's League of Perry.
- Northern Iowa Woman Suffrage Association (started in 1869).
- Political Equality Club of Sioux City (started in 1889).
- Polk County Suffrage Association.
- Waterloo Suffragette Council.
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU): This group worked for temperance (less alcohol) but also supported women's voting rights.
Important Women Who Fought for the Vote
Many women in Iowa worked tirelessly for suffrage. Here are some of them:
- Mary Newbury Adams.
- Teresa Adams (Davenport).
- Adelaide Ballard.
- Mary A. Beavers (Mount Pleasant).
- Evelyn H. Belden.
- Narcissa T. Bemis.
- Amelia Bloomer (Council Bluffs).
- Sue M. Wilson Brown (Des Moines).
- Martha C. Callanan.
- Margaret W. Campbell.
- Carrie Chapman Catt (Charles City): A very famous leader in the national suffrage movement.
- Nettie Sanford Chapin (Marshalltown).
- Mary Jane Coggeshall.
- Fannie Wilson Cooper (Des Moines).
- Mary Darwin (Burlington).
- Keziah Anderson Dorrance (Taylor County).
- Helen Downey.
- Marion Howard Dunham (Burlington).
- Flora Dunlap (Des Moines).
- Matilda Fletcher (Council Bluffs).
- Mariana Thompson Folsom.
- Alvah and Martha Frisbie.
- Eleanor Gordon (Boone).
- Eliza H. Hunter.
- Caroline Ingham (Kossuth County).
- Grace Morris Allen Jones (Burlington).
- Jennie A. Kilburne (Adair County).
- Anna B. Lawther (Dubuque).
- Mabel Lodge (Cedar Falls).
- Arabella Mansfield: The first woman in the United States to become a lawyer.
- Jane Amy McKinney.
- Carrie Dean Pruyn.
- Lizzie Bunnell Read (Algona).
- Gertrude Rush.
- Mary Safford.
- Anna H. Satterly.
- Annie Nowlin Savery (Des Moines).
- Vivian Smith.
- Rowena Edson Stevenson (Boone).
- Adeline Morrison Swain.
- Mary Beaumont Welch (Ames).
- Henrietta Wilson (Dubuque).
- Mattie Woods.
Politicians Who Supported Women's Right to Vote
Some politicians in Iowa also believed in women's suffrage and helped the cause:
- Cyrus C. Carpenter.
- William L. Harding.
- William Larrabee.
- Benjamin F. Murray (Winterset).
- Henry O'Connor.
- William G. Wilson (Davis County).
Famous People Who Campaigned in Iowa
Many well-known national suffrage leaders visited Iowa to give speeches and support the movement:
- Jane Addams.
- Susan B. Anthony: A very famous national leader for women's voting rights.
- Henry Browne Blackwell.
- Martha H. Brinkerhoff.
- Laura Clay.
- Phoebe Couzins.
- Hannah Tracy Cutler.
- Emma Smith DeVoe.
- Anna Dickinson.
- Frances Dana Gage.
- Helen M. Gougar.
- Laura A. Gregg.
- Ella Harrison.
- Mary Garrett Hay.
- Matilda Hindman.
- Laura M. Johns.
- Addie M. Johnson.
- Elizabeth A. Kingsbury.
- Catharine Waugh McCulloch.
- Henrietta G. Moore.
- Anna Howard Shaw.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Another very famous national leader for women's voting rights.
- Sarah Burger Stearns.
- Lucy Stone.
- Harriet Taylor Upton.
- Frances Woods.
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