From Amanda to Zerelda: Hoosier suffragists who raised a ruckus for women’s suffrage

From Amanda to Zerelda: Hoosier suffragists who raised a ruckus for women’s suffrage

Event Type

All

Location

Westminster Village, 1120 E. Davis Drive

Date

Time

Phone

(812) 237-2336

Description

Cost: Free
   
OLLI hosts Marsha Miller, ISU research and instruction librarian.

A chronological look at Indiana suffrage history, including Amanda Way, Grace Julian Clark, Mary Garrett Hay, Helen Gougar, Zerelda Wallace, May Wright Sewall. Special focus on Ida Husted Harper (Terre Haute journalist, collaborator with Susan B. Anthony, writing volumes of the “History of Woman Suffrage”), and Eugene and Kate Debs. This presentation will also cover the little known 1917 Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Act, the Legislative Council of Women, and the words of Governor Goodrich upon signing ratification.