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This article lists the amazing people and groups who worked hard for women's suffrage (the right to vote) in South Dakota. These brave individuals and organizations played a big part in making sure women could have their voices heard in elections. They believed that everyone, no matter their gender, should have the right to vote and help shape their state and country.

Groups Fighting for the Vote

South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association letterhead
This is a letterhead from the South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association, showing their official design.

Many groups formed across South Dakota to support women's right to vote. These organizations held meetings, gave speeches, and tried to convince people to support suffrage. They were a strong force in the movement.

  • Aberdeen Equal Suffrage Club
  • Athol Equal Suffrage Association, started in 1890
  • Bon Homme Universal Franchise League
  • Brookings Equal Suffrage Association
  • Brown County Equal Suffrage Association
  • Codington County Men's Suffrage League (yes, men supported it too!)
  • Davison County Equal Suffrage Club
  • Edmunds County Equal Suffrage Association
  • Frankfort Equal Suffrage Association
  • Grant County Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1890
  • Highmore Equal Suffrage Association
  • Hurley Suffrage Association
  • Lake County Universal Franchise League
  • Minnehaha County Equal Suffrage Association
  • Mitchell Woman Suffrage Club
  • Onida Equal Suffrage Club
  • Philip Suffrage Club, started in 1910
  • Pierre Political Equality Club
  • Rapid City Suffrage Club
  • Roberts County Suffrage Association
  • Sioux Falls Franchise League
  • South Dakota Equal Suffrage Association, founded in 1890
  • South Dakota Universal Franchise League, founded in 1911
  • Spearfish Franchise League
  • Sturgis Equal Suffrage League
  • Union County Equal Suffrage Association, started in 1897
  • Watertown Universal Franchise League
  • Woman's Christian Temperance Union (this group also worked for women's voting rights)

South Dakota's Suffragists

"Determined Suffragists in Chicago" Leavenworth Times, 24 MAR 1910, Hazel Philip of North Dakota and Janet Cole of South Dakota
These "Determined Suffragists" from North and South Dakota were photographed in Chicago in 1910.

A suffragist was a person who supported and worked for women's right to vote. Many dedicated people in South Dakota spent years campaigning for this important cause. They gave speeches, wrote articles, and organized events to spread their message.

  • Irene G. Adams (Webster)
  • Ida M. Anding (Pierre)
  • Rachel M. Ross Austin (Vermillion)
  • Blanche Pentecost Bagley (Sioux Falls)
  • William F. Bailey (Faulkton/Roanoke)
  • Helen M. Barker (Huron)
  • L. Frank Baum (Abderdeen) (He wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!)
  • Edith M. Beaumont (Madison)
  • Ellen J. Beach (Britton)
  • Elsie Lincoln Benedict (Deadwood)
  • Marium L. Bennett (Clark)
  • May B. Billinghurst (East Pierre)
  • Susie Bird (Fourche)
  • LoElla H. Blank (Wessington Springs)
  • Thomas Linus Blank (Wessington Springs)
  • Marietta Bones (Webster)
  • Mary Cummings Bonham
  • Ruby Hine Booth (Spearfish)
  • Rose Bower (Rapid City)
  • Etta Estey Boyce (Sioux Falls)
  • Nellie Hough Bradley (Sturgis)
  • Marjorie Breeden (Pierre)
  • Jane Rooker Breeden (Pierre)
  • Mina E. Campbell (Sioux Falls)
  • Dora Cassem (Mitchell)
  • Emmer Cook (Huron)
  • Caroline Bartlett Crane (Sioux Falls)
  • Emma Amelia Cranmer (Ipswich/Huron/Aberdeen)
  • Simeon H. Cranmer (Ipswich/Huron/Aberdeen)
  • Alice Lorraine Daly (Madison)
  • John DeVoe
  • Emma Smith DeVoe (Huron)
  • Mary A. Dilger (Rapid City)
  • Lorena King Fairbank (Huron)
  • Mary Ella Noyes Farr (Hot Springs, Pierre)
  • Hattie E. Fellows (Sioux Falls)
  • William Fielder
  • Kate Uline Folger (Watertown)
  • May P. Ghrist (Miller)
  • Nana E. Gilbert (Salem)
  • Rebecca B. Hager (Madison/Aberdeen)
  • Nettie C. Hall (Wessington Springs)
  • Sophia M. Harden (Woonsocket/Huron)
  • Ruth B. Hipple (Pierre)
  • Florence Jeffries (Fort Pierre)
  • Philena Everett Johnson (Highmore)
  • Adeline Karcher (Pierre)
  • Marguerite Karcher-Sahr (Pierre)
  • Werdna Kellar (Lead)
  • Della Robinson King (Scotland)
  • Henrietta C. Lyman (Pierre)
  • Wilhelmina M. Oleson (Deadwood)
  • Nina D. Pettigrew (Spearfish/Belle Fourche)
  • Alice M. Alt Pickler (Faulkton)
  • Katherine W. Powell (Custer/Spearfish)
  • Mamie Shields Pyle (Huron)
  • Luella A. Ramsey (Woonsocket)
  • Samuel A. Ramsey (Woonsocket)
The faculty of South Dakota's suffrage school (1918)
This photo shows the teachers at South Dakota's suffrage school in 1918, where people learned how to campaign for the vote.
  • Dorothy M. Rehfeld (Aberdeen)
  • Mabel Rewman (Deadwood)
  • Sarah A. Richards (Pukwana)
  • Martha A. Scott (Sioux Falls)
  • Minnie E. Sheldon (Sioux Falls)
  • Anna R. Simmons (Huron/Mitchell/Faulkton)
  • Jennie M. Taylor (Sioux Falls)
  • Mary Maguire Thomas
  • Cicely J. Tinsley (Sioux Falls/Deadwood)
  • Jennie Walton (Huron)
  • Alonzo Wardall (Huron)
  • Elizabeth M. Wardall (Huron)
  • Myra P. Weller (Mitchell)
  • Elinor H. Whiting (Pierre)
  • Eliza Tupper Wilkes (Sioux Falls)

Politicians Who Supported Women's Suffrage

Some politicians also believed in equal voting rights and used their positions to help the cause.

  • John T. Blakemore
  • Frank M. Byrne
  • R. F. Pettigrew
  • John Pickler
  • Enos Stutsman
  • Robert S. Vessey

Suffragists Who Campaigned in South Dakota

Many famous suffragists from other states traveled to South Dakota to help with the campaign. They brought their experience and passion to encourage people to support women's right to vote.

People Against Women's Suffrage

Not everyone supported women getting the right to vote. Some groups and individuals actively worked against the suffrage movement. They were called "anti-suffragists."

Groups Against the Vote

  • South Dakota Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage

Individuals Against the Vote

  • Edward Dietrich
  • Ethel Jacobsen (Pierre)
  • Henry Schlichting (Deadwood)

Anti-Suffragists Who Campaigned in South Dakota

  • Minnie Bronson
  • Charles McLean
  • Lucy Price

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