Volume 14 , Issue 14

Women Suffrage Movement of 1920's

It was in The Evening Missourian, out of Columbia, Missouri, Thursday February 5, 1920, page 3, that we find the article concerning women suffrage movement, with the headlines "Women Will Mix In Politics of 1920." It was predicted that a large number would take part in National elections, and States rank high as Missouri leaders press Kentucky and Illinois for leadership.

New York, Feb. 4, 1920 -- "That the political campaigns of 1920 will see a larger array of American women taking part in national affairs than ever before is proved by the number of women already active in the councils of the two major parties as well as the now victorious suffrage association."

There was to be a National American Woman suffrage Association in Chicago in May, and Illinois and Kentucky took first rank, with New York and Missouri pressing them hard for leadership.

Mrs. John G. South of Frankfort, who for three years was president of the association, was chairman of the National Republican Women's Committee. Mrs. Samuel T. Castleman of Louisville, vice-president of the association, is the Kentucky member of the women's committee, National Democratic Committee.

Mrs. George Bass of Chicago of the women's committee, National Democratic Committee, and Mrs. Medill McCormick, wife of the Illinois senator, retiring chairman of the National Republican Women's Committee, were both leaders in the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association.

Mrs. Fletched Dobyns of Chicago and Mrs. Howard T. Willson of Virden were the state chairmen of the women's committees of the Republican and Democratic committees, respectively.

Although, Illinois and Kentucky held the first places in women's party leadership owing to the fact they had furnished the only national chairmen, New YOrk and Missouri were hard by with candidates for honors. New York City League of Women Voters had furnished Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman of the executive committee of the women's division of the National Republican committee, while the state league had given Mrs. Arthur Livermore as state chairman of the Republican women's committee.

Suffragist, Mrs. David O'Neil of St. Louis and Mrs. Alfred Bruggeman of St. Louis were Missouri's members of the Democratic and Republican national committee, respectively. Miss Alma B. Sasse of Brunswick, state chairman of the Missouri Republican Women's committee, has the distinction of being the youngest state chairman in the U.S.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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