List of Arkansas suffragists explained

This is a list of Arkansas suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Arkansas.

Groups

• Arkansas Equal Suffrage Association (AESA), organized in 1888.^[1]
• Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs (AFWC).
• Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), formed in 1881.
• The second iteration of the Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), created in 1914.^[2] It was also known as the Arkansas Equal Suffrage Central Committee (AESCC).
• Washington County Women's Suffrage Association, formed in 1915.
• Women's Political Equality League (PEL), starts meeting in 1913.

Suffragists

• Freda Hogan Ameringer (Huntington).
• Bernie Babcock (Little Rock).^[3]
• Ida Jones Brooks (Little Rock).^[4]
• Mary Burt Brooks.
• Haryot Holt Cahoon.
• Hattie Wyatt Caraway.^[5]
• Fannie L. Chunn (Little Rock).
• Florence Brown Cotnam (Little Rock).
• Catherine Campbell Cunningham (Little Rock).
• Alice S. Ellington.
• Pauline Floyd (El Dorado).
• Minnie Rutherford Fuller (Little Rock).^[6]
• Lizzie Dorman Fyler (Eureka Springs).
• Olive Gatlin Leigh.
• Jean Vernor Jennings (Little Rock).^[7]
• Adele Johnson (Hot Springs).
• Mary W. Loughborough (Little Rock).
• Josephine Miller (Little Rock).^[8]
• James Mitchell (Little Rock).
• Clara McDiarmid (Little Rock).
• Gertrude Watkins (Little Rock).

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

• E.P. Hill.^[9]
• Miles Ledford Langley (Arkadelphia).
• John A. Riggs (Garland County).
• George P. Whittington (Hot Springs).

Places

• Little Rock City Hall.

Publications

• Woman's Chronicle.

Suffragists campaigning in Arkansas

• Susan B. Anthony.
• Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Phoebe Couzins.
• Frances A. Griffin.
• Lide Meriwether.
• Alice Paul.
• Anna Howard Shaw.
• Mabel Vernon.

Anti-suffragists in Arkansas

People

• Walker Smith (Magnolia).

See also

• Timeline of women's suffrage in Arkansas
• Women's suffrage in Arkansas
• Women's suffrage in states of the United States
• Women's suffrage in the United States
• Women's poll tax repeal movement

References

Sources

• Book: Anthony, Susan B.. The History of Woman Suffrage. The Hollenbeck Press. 1902. Anthony. Susan B.. 4. Indianapolis. Susan B. Anthony. Harper. Ida Husted.
• Book: Harper, Ida Husted. The History of Woman Suffrage. J.J. Little & Ives Company. 1922. New York. Ida Husted Harper.
• Ross. Frances Mitchell. Autumn 1984. James Mitchell, Spokesman for Women's Equality in Nineteenth Century Arkansas. Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 43. 3. 222–235. 10.2307/40027710. 40027710 . registration. JSTOR.
• Taylor. A. Elizabeth. Spring 1956. The Woman Suffrage Movement in Arkansas. Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 15. 1. 17–52. 10.2307/40027189. 40027189 . registration. JSTOR.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taylor. Paula Kyzer. 20 August 2020. Women's Suffrage Movement. 2020-12-29. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. en-US.
2. Web site: Rollberg. Jeanne Norton. 24 November 2020. Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA). 2020-12-31. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. en-US.
3. Web site: Camp. Marcia. 23 October 2020. Bernie Babcock (1868–1962). 2020-12-29. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. en-US.
4. Web site: Dillard. Tom. 2017-11-12. Struggle For Suffrage. 2020-12-31. Arkansas Online. en.
5. Web site: 2017-07-30. Suffragists in Arkansas. 2020-12-29. Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. en-US.
6. Book: Ezell, John S.. https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&dq=%22minnie+rutherford+fuller%22&pg=PA683. Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1971. 0674627342. James. Edward T.. 1. Cambridge. 683. Fuller, Minnie Rutherford. James. Janet Wilson. Boyer. Paul S..
7. Ritter-Maggio. Armanda. Biographical Sketch of Jean Vernor (Dr. Chester) Jennings. Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street.
8. Web site: 2019-04-04. Invaluable Out-of-Staters. 2021-05-09. History in South Dakota. en.
9. Web site: Arkansas Women's Suffrage Timeline. 2020-12-30. Arkansas Heritage.