In this episode, Cynthia Holmes and Elyssa Ford discuss the suffrage battle at sites in Missouri.

• Virginia and Francis Minor were a St. Louis power couple determined to get votes for women and took their case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided citizenship did not mean the right to vote.
• Anna Holland Jones was an African American activist who in August 1915 wrote an article entitled, “Woman Suffrage and Social Reform” in which she asked the question, why should a woman “not have the legal means – the ballot – to widen and deepen her work?”
• Alma Nash and the Missouri Women’s Military Band energetically supported women’s suffrage and travelled to Washington D.C. for the 1913 parade and were moved to the lead to open the way for marchers.
• The Golden Lane Parade in 1916 saw 7,000 women lining the streets of St. Louis during the Democratic National Convention and silently staring-down the delegates as they walked from their hotels to the convention to illustrate how women had been silenced by the continued denial of the vote.

About our Guests

Cynthia Holmes is an attorney in St. Louis serving families and small businesses and is the State Coordinator for the National Votes for Women Trail.

Dr. Elyssa Ford is a professor of history at Northwest Missouri State University. She is a scholar of gender and sexuality with a focus on the West. Her first book Rodeo as Refuge, Rodeo as Rebellion: Gender, Race, and Identity in the American Rodeo looks at race- and group-specific rodeos across the US, and her second book Slapping Leather: Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo traces the history of gay rodeo in the United States as a site of queer activism and contestation. As a public historian, she is committed to local history and has written extensively on the Midwest and Northwest Missouri, including an article on women’s suffrage for the National Park Service.

Links to People, Places, Publications

Missouri & the 19th Amendment (here)

Virgina Minor Biographical Sketch (here)

Visit the Minor historical marker (here)

Anna Holland Jones Biographical Sketch (here)

Visit the Jones historical marker (here)

Alma Nash Biographical Sketch (here)

Visit the Nash historical marker (here)

The Golden Lane March of 1916 (here)

Visit Golden Lane historical marker (here)

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org

In this episode, Robyn Young discusses the suffrage movement in Pennsylvania.

We talk about the events and activists in the PA voting rights campaign:

• Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prominent speaker for abolition, African American rights, suffrage and education. She also authored poetry, articles, and books.
• Hannah Patterson helped organize the 1915 "Suffrage Day" at the Philadelphia ball park for a game between the Phillies and the NY Giants and threw out the first pitch.
• The 1915 Justice Bell Tour took a replica of the Liberty Bell for a 5,000-mile journey around the state during which tens of thousands came to see it. The bell’s clapper was symbolically chained down and would only ring out when women got the vote.
• Anna Howard Shaw was one of the suffrage movement’s leaders and greatest orators with an estimated 10,000 speeches given around the country over decades.
• Emma Writt and her sisters Pauline and Mary were African American suffrage leaders in western Pennsylvania when they helped plan and participate in an integrated women’s suffrage march in Pittsburgh in 1914 – the first march in that city.

About our Guest:

Robyn Young is an independent scholar and women's historian dedicated to sharing women's history with the general public. She is known as the “Marker Lady” as she has had four historical markers approved for the National Votes for Women Trail. She has been a board for NCWHS since 2018 and currently serves as its secretary.

Links to People, Places, Publications:

• Pennsylvania & the 19th Amendment (here)
• Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the F.E.W. Harper statue (here)
• Hannah Patterson Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the 1915 Justice Bell Tour marker (here)
• Anna Howard Shaw Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Anna Howard Shaw marker (here)
• Emma Writt Richards Biographical video (here)
• Pittsburgh’s first women’s suffrage march (here)

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org

In this episode, Mary Melcher and Melanie Sturgeon discuss the suffrage battle at sites in Arizona.

We talk about the events and activists in the AZ voting rights campaign:

• Frances Willard Munds, suffragist leader, who said that it made her “blood boil” when women were told to stay in their domestic sphere and not get involved with voting.
• Sallie Davis Hayden passed on her convictions for women’s suffrage to her son, Carl Hayden, who voted for the 19th amendment as a U.S. congressman.
• Mary Kane and Amalia Valenzuela were women of Mexican descent who were early women voters at the schoolhouse in the town of Patagonia.
• Laura G. Cannon travelled around Arizona and spoke nearly every evening in a different town – often to crowds of working men who applauded her and “donated generously” to the suffrage cause.
• In 1912, Arizona women won the right to vote after 30 years of rejection after rejection by politicians.

About our Guests:

Mary Melcher is a historian who specialized in western women’s history, and the twentieth century U.S. She has conducted numerous women’s public history projects in Arizona and recently served on the Statue Committee of the Arizona Women’s History Alliance which installed the statue of Frances Willard Munds in the memorial park next to the Arizona state capitol.

Melanie Sturgeon is the co-founder and Chair of the Arizona Women’s History Alliance and the Chair of the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame. She served as the State Archivist of the Arizona State Archives for 16 years and has always been passionate about women’s history.

Links to People, Places, Publications:

Arizona & the 19th Amendment (here)

Arizona Women’s Suffrage Timeline (here)

Frances Willard Munds Biographical Sketch (here)

Visit the Frances Willard Munds statue (here)

Sallie Davis Hayden Biographical Sketch (here)

Visit the Sallie Davis Hayden marker (here)

Visit the Patagonia marker where Mary Kane and Amalia Valenzuela voted (here)

Laura G. Cannon Biographical Sketch (here)

Visit the Laura G. Cannon marker (here)

Anna Howard Shaw Biographical Sketch (here)

Visit the 1912 Anna Shaw speech marker (here)

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org

In this episode, Anne Gass, independent historian and author, discusses the suffrage struggle at sites in Maine.

We talk about the events and activists in the ME voting rights campaign:

• Florence Brooks Whitehouse was a suffrage leader who traveled to D.C. to picket at the White House.
• Mabel Derricks, Edith Johnson, and Blanche Dymond–members of the Black community in Bangor–signed a petition in 1917 advocating for women’s suffrage.
• Lucy Nicolar Poolaw of the Penobscot nation combined her musical career with activism for the rights for her community and was finally able to vote in 1967.
• Camille Lessard Bissonette who immigrated from Quebec to work in the Lewiston mills, became a journalist for the local French-Canadian newspaper and advocated for women’s suffrage.
• Augusta Hunt fought for women’s suffrage as well as other important rights including women’s rights for custody of their children.

About our Guest:

Anne Gass is an independent historian and the author of the non-fiction book Voting Down the Rose: Florence Brooks Whitehouse and Maine’s Fight for Woman Suffrage, published in 2014. Anne is Whitehouse’s great-granddaughter. Her most recent book is We Demand: The Suffrage Road Trip, a historical novel based on the true story of an epic cross-country road trip that took place in 1915. In 2015, a century later, Anne spent two months retracing the original route. Anne describes herself as a "women's rights history activist" and speaks regularly on suffrage and women’s rights history. She recently led an effort to install seven roadside markers across Maine honoring women (and one man!) who fought for women’s voting rights. She serves as Chair of Maine’s Permanent Commission on the Status of Women.

People, Places, Publications:

Maine & the 19th Amendment (here)

Maine Suffrage Trail (here)

Francis Brooks Whitehouse Biographical Sketch (here)

Francis Brooks Whitehouse marker (here)

Black Matriarchs of Bangor Biographical Sketch and marker (here)

Lucy Nicolar Poolaw Biographical Sketch and marker (here)

Camille Lessard Bissonette Biographical Sketch (here)

Camille Lessard Bissonette marker (here)

Augusta Hunt Biographical Sketch (here)

Augusta Hunt marker (here)

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org

In this episode, Paula Casey discusses the stories of the suffrage struggle in Tennessee.

We talk about the activists in the TN campaign:

• Juno Frankie Pierce and Dr. Mattie Coleman aided 2,000 African American women to vote in Nashville after the state partial suffrage law passed in 1919.
• Joseph Hanover–a Polish Jewish immigrant–was key to organizing the final dramatic victory in the legislature.
• Lide Smith Meriwether wrote an 1895 petition demanding the women's vote and status as independent citizens.
• Anne Dallas Dudley organized suffrage leagues in the state as well as the largest suffrage parade in Nashville in 1916.
• The “Suffrage Day” baseball game in 1916 in Nashville hosted the suffragist governor and featured players with yellow sashes around their waists.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Paula Casey has spent more than 30 years educating the public about Tennessee's role in ratifying the 19th Amendment. She has helped place suffragist public art across Tennessee and published the book, The Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage. She co-founded the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail.

Links to People, Places, Publications

• Tennessee and the 19th Amendment (here)
• TN Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail (here)
• Lide Smith Meriwether Biosketch (here)
• Visit the Equality Trailblazers monument (here)
• Joseph Hanover Biosketch (here)
• Visit the Joseph Hanover marker (here)
• Lizzie Crozier French Biosketch (here)
• Visit the Lizzie Crozier French marker in Knoxville (here)
• Juno Frankie Pierce Biosketch (here)
• Dr. Mattie Coleman Biosketch (here)
• Visit the Dr. Mattie Coleman marker in Nashville (here)
• Anne Dallas Dudley Biosketch (here)
• Visit the TN Woman Suffrage Monument (here)

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org

In this episode on Oregon, Janice Dilg, consulting historian and principal of HistoryBuilt, talks about the struggle for votes for women on the NVWT.

We talk about the events and fighters in OR suffrage campaign:

• Dr. Pesie Chan, a Chinese immigrant, met with a collegiate suffrage group in 1912 at the Portland Hotel and gave a speech supporting women's suffrage.
• Esther Pohl Lovejoy created Everybody’s Equal Suffrage League that offered a lifetime membership for 25 cents.
• Hattie Redmond served as president of the Colored Women’s Equal Suffrage Association which spread “equal suffrage ideas among those of the race.”
• Katherine and Edith Gray–an African American mother-daughter team– organized voter registration and political education drives for Black voters.
• Sara Bard Field Ehrgott joined Frances Jolliffe in 1915 on a cross-country car trek to deliver a petition demanding a federal suffrage amendment to President Wilson.
• The annual Pendleton Round-up rodeo was on the suffragist speaking tour where they were regularly cheered by crowds.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Janice Dilg is principal and consulting historian of HistoryBuilt. She is a founding member of the Oregon Women’s History Consortium and was part of the 19th Amendment centennial celebration in 2020. She is the State Coordinator for the NVWT.

Links to People, Places, Publications

• Oregon and the 19th Amendment (here)
• Women’s Suffrage in Oregon (here)
• Visit the State Capitol and the Votes for Women Trail marker (here)
• Abigail Scott Duniway Biographical Sketch (here)
• Esther Pohl Lovejoy Biographical Sketch (here)
• Chinese American Woman Suffrage in 1912 Portland (here)
• Harriet “Hattie” Redmond Biographical Sketch (here)
• Katherine Gray Biographical Sketch (here)
• Edith Gray Biographical Sketch (here)
• Sara Bard Field Biographical Sketch (here)
• Sylvia Thompson Biographical Sketch (here

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org

In this episode, Marsha Weinstein, past president of the NCWHS, discusses the struggle for the women’s vote at sites on the NVWT.

We talk about the activists in KY votes for women campaigns:

• Susan Look Avery was an inclusive voice in the suffrage movement by advocating for both Black and white women.
• Georgia and Alice Nugent played a pivotal role in advancing the African American suffrage movement and were later active in voter education.
• Josephine Henry fought for equality for women under the law as well as being the first woman to run for statewide office.
• Eugenia Farmer became a leader in the suffrage movement after befriending Susan B. Anthony.
• Dr. Mary E. Britton was a political activist and was the first African-American female doctor in the state of Kentucky.
• Madeline McDowell Breckinridge lectured on women’s suffrage extensively, even traveling while she suffered from tuberculosis.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Marsha Weinstein is a past president of the NCWHS and has researched and spoken extensively on the women’s suffrage movement. She is the NVWT State Coordinator and was highly instrumental in the growth of the NVWT.

Links to People, Places, Publications

• Kentucky and the 19th Amendment (here)
• History of Women’s Suffrage in Kentucky (here)
• Susan Look Avery Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Susan Look Avery marker (here)
• Georgia Anne Nugent Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Nugent sisters’ marker (here)
• Josephine Henry Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Josephine Henry marker (here)
• Eugenia B. Farmer Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Eugenia B. Farmer marker (here)
• Dr. Mary E. Britton Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the Dr. Mary E. Britton marker (here)
• Mary Barr Clay Biographical Sketch (here

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org

In this episode, Liz Almlie talks about the struggle of the suffrage movement in South Dakota by visiting sites along the National Votes for Women Trail.

We visit sites of the events and activists in the SD votes for women campaign.

• Learn about the “Flying Squadron” suffrage rallies in the town of Lead where women gave street speeches and held rallies at the Homestake Opera Theater.
• Alice and John Pickler were a political power couple that fought doggedly for suffrage despite being frequently ridiculed.
• Mamie Shields Pyle, operating from her home in Huron, was a leader in the movement lobbying legislators and the public, including speaking year after year at the state fair.
• Zitkála-Šá was a Yankton Dakota writer, musician, educator, and political activist. She fought for rights of American Indians including for citizenship and for women’s suffrage, often speaking at the Capitol in Pierre.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Liz Almlie is a Historic Preservation Specialist with the South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office and is NVWT State Coordinator. She has researched the suffrage movement in South Dakota extensively and has an M.A. in Public History.

Links to People, Places, Publications

• South Dakota and the 19th Amendment (here)
• Alice and John Pickler, South Dakota Public Broadcasting (here)
• Pickler Suffrage Collection, South Dakota State Historical Society (here)
• Visit the historic Pickler Mansion in Faulkton (here)
• Mary Shields Pyle Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the historic Pyle House Museum in Huron (here)
• Zitkála-Šá Biographical Sketch (here)
• Visit the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre (here)
• Visit and see a play at the Grand Opera house in Pierre (here)
• Visit the former St. Charles Hotel in Pierre (here)
• “Flying Squadron” or “Suffrage Special” speaking tours (here)
• Visit the Homestake Opera House in Lead (here)

CM Marihugh is a public history consultant and currently conducting independent research for a book on commemoration of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement. She has an M.A. in Public History from State University of New York, and an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Learn more about:

• National Votes for Women Trail (here)
• National Votes for Women Trail - William G. Pomeroy historical markers (here)
• National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (here)

Do you have a question, comment, or suggestion? Get in touch! Send an e-mail to NVWTpodcast@ncwhs.org