Volume 17 , Issue 28

NW Okie's Journey

Did you know that women's Suffrage dates back to 1647? Woman suffrage first raised its voice in America in Maryland in 1647 when Mistress Margaret Brent, heir of Lord Calvert, demanded a place in the legislature of the colony as a property holder of wide extent.

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! This Monday woke us up with distant thunder in the background, moving closer our way and dumping a good rain most of the morning and afternoon, off and on.

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One Hundred Years Ago, Tuesday, 17 Aug. 1915

One hundred years ago today, 17 August 1915, Tuesday, The Guthrie Daily Leader, out of Guthrie, Oklahoma had the front page headlines: "Big Sea Wall Saves City From Destruction." Galveston was being reported as withstanding most severe storm within 15 years.

But the property damage would reach millions. The streets were five feet under water, wires down, and business paralyzed.

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95 Years Ago & 19th Amendment

August is the 95th anniversary of American women gaining the right to vote in all state and federal elections when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920.

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Life's Struggle For Suffrage - Reminiscences of Mrs. Stanton

In "The Inter Ocean," 2 November 1902, Sunday, page 39, we found the following article: Life's Struggle For Suffrage - Reminiscences of Mrs. Stantion. All who view with a kindly eye the advance made by women over the last few centuries knew full well that Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrought incalculable benefit to her sisters. As one of the world's greatest leaders among women she fought during her long life for the oppressed of her sex, and to grant all women rights and advantages which they had never known.

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Suffrage Struggle Dates Back to 1647

As found in "The Scranton Republican," Thursday, August 19, 1920 we learn that "Women's Suffrage Struggle Dates Back To 1647" when a plea of votes for women was first raised by mistress Brent, heir to Lord Calvert.

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(1894) Equal Suffragists Busy

Monday, 1 October 1894, The Sun, page five headlines read: "Equal Suffragists Busy." The Women, though baffled oft, kept up freedom's battle. They were going to bombard the legislature next with petitions bearing names additional to 600,000 sent to the convention.

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