List of North Dakota suffragists facts for kids
This article tells you about the brave people and groups in North Dakota who worked hard to get women the right to vote. This important movement is called women's suffrage. For a long time, women in the United States did not have the same voting rights as men. Suffragists were people who believed women should have the right to vote and worked to make it happen.
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Groups Fighting for Women's Vote
Many groups formed in North Dakota to help women get the right to vote. They organized meetings, gave speeches, and tried to convince lawmakers to change the laws.
- Beach Votes for Women League
- Grand Forks Equal Suffrage Association
- National Woman's Party: This was a national group that worked for women's suffrage across the United States.
- Votes for Women Club of Grand Forks: This club started on March 1, 1912.
- Votes for Women League: This group was created in 1912.
- Woman Suffrage League of Bismarck: This league was formed in 1914.
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union: While known for other causes, this group also supported women's right to vote.
Important Suffragists in North Dakota
These are some of the key people from North Dakota who were suffragists. They worked hard in their local communities and across the state to gain voting rights for women.
- Beulah Amindon (from Fargo)
- Elizabeth Preston Anderson
- Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (Metis/Turtle Mountain Chippewa) (from Pembina)
- Helen M. Barker
- Emma Bates (from Bismarck and Valley City)
- Grace Clendenning (from Wimbledon)
- Louisa A. Conger (from Dickinson)
- Guy C. H. Corliss
- Clara L. Darrow (from Fargo)
- Helen deLendrecie (from Fargo)
- Cora Smith Eaton (from Grand Forks)
- Annie Falger (from Devil's Lake)
- Janette Hill Knox (from Wahpeton)
- Alma Lutz (from Jamestown)
- Emma Murray (from Hebron)
- Flora Blackman Naylor (from Chautauqua)
- Elizabeth Darrow O'Neil (from Fargo)
- Alice Nelson Page (from Grand Forks)
- Kate Perkins
- Alice M. Alt Pickler
- Christine Pollock (from Fargo)
- Helen G. Putnam
- Fannie D. Quain (from Bismarck)
- Linda Slaughter (from Bismarck)
- Mazie Stevens (from Grand Forks)
- Mary Darrow Weible (from Fargo)
- Kate Selby Wilder (from Fargo)
Politicians Who Supported Women's Vote
Some politicians in North Dakota also believed in women's suffrage and helped the cause. Their support was very important for changing laws.
- John Cashel
- Oscar Lindstrom
- John Pickler
- Robert M. Pollock
- Enos Stutsman
National Suffragists Who Visited North Dakota
Many famous suffragists from other parts of the United States traveled to North Dakota to help the movement. They gave speeches and encouraged local activists.
- Henry Browne Blackwell
- Lillie Devereux Blake
- Carrie Chapman Catt
- Emma Smith DeVoe
- Susan S. Fessenden
- Ella M. S. Marble
- Helen Guthrie Miller
- Sylvia Pankhurst
- Anna Howard Shaw
Groups and People Against Women's Suffrage
Not everyone supported women getting the right to vote. Some groups and individuals actively worked against the suffrage movement.
Groups
- North Dakota Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage: This group was organized in Fargo in 1914.
- Personal Liberty League of the German American Alliance
People
- Ida Clarke Young
See also
- Timeline of women's suffrage in North Dakota
- Women's suffrage in North Dakota
- Women's suffrage in states of the United States
- Women's suffrage in the United States
