List of Delaware suffragists explained

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

Groups

• Arden Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1912.
• Congressional Union (CU).
• Delaware Equal Suffrage Association (DESA), formed in 1895.
• Delaware Suffrage Association, formed in 1869.^[1]
• Equal Suffrage Study Club.^[2]
• New Castle Equal Suffrage Association.
• Newport Equal Suffrage Association.
• National Women's Party (NWP).
• Wilmington Equal Suffrage Club (or Association), formed in 1895.
• Wilmington Equal Suffrage Suffrage Study Club (WESSC).^[3]
• Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Delaware.

Suffragists

• Helen Wormley Anderson .^[4]
• Annie Arniel (Wilmington).^[5]
• Rachel Foster Avery (Wilmington).
• Anna Cootsman Bach.
• Alice Gertrude Baldwin (Wilmington).
• Ida Perkins Ball.
• Mary Richardson Bancroft.
• Naomi Barrett (Wilmington).
• Catherine Boyle (New Castle).
• Mary Clare Brassington.
• Mary E. Brown (Wilmington).^[6]
• Eleanor Morris Burnet.
• Emma Jester Burnett.
• Mary Ann Shadd Cary (Wilmington).
• Martha Churchman Cranston.
• Mary R. De Vou (Wilmington).
• Mabel F. Donahoe.
• Bessie Spence Dorrell.
• Agnes Y. Downey (Wilmington).
• Rose Lippincott Hizar Duggin.
• Josephine Anderson du Pont.
• Mary Seward Pillips Eskridge.
• Sallie Topkis Ginns (Wilmington).
• Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton.
• Rosewell Hammond.
• Florence Hilles (New Castle).
• Robert G. Houston (Georgetown).
• Margaret W. Houston.
• Caroline Taylor Hughes.
• Ella W. Johnson.
• Etta Gray Jones (Bridgeville).^[7]
• Margaret Harrigon Kent.
• Marie T. Lockwood (Middletown).^[8]
• Emma Maria Lore (Wilmington).^[9]
• Annie J. Magee (Wilmington).^[10]
• Mary H. Askew Mather.
• Mary E. Marchand Milligan.
• Winifred Morris.
• Anna Fisher Morse.
• Alice Dunbar Nelson (Wilmington).
• Nellie B. Nicholson (Wilmington).^[11]
• Gertrude Fulton Nields.
• Mary Ospina (Wilmington).^[12]
• Jane White Pennewill.
• Mary Price Phillips.
• Adelina Piunti (New Castle).^[13]
• Mabel Lloyd Ridgely (Dover).
• Eva Halpern Robin.
• Elizabeth G. Robinson.
• Willabelle Shurter.
• Frank Stephens (Arden).
• Mary Ann Sorden Stuart (Greenwood).
• Blanche Williams Stubbs (Wilmington).
• Emma Gibson Sykes (Wilmington).
• Mabel Vernon (Wilmington).
• Elizabeth Walling.
• Emalea Pusey Warner.
• Sadie Monroe Waters (Greenwood).^[14]
• Anna Beauchamp Reynolds Wedler.
• Caroline B. Williams (Wilmington).
• Mary J. Johnson Woodlen (Wilmington).
• Emma Worrell.

Politicians in support of women's suffrage

• T. Coleman du Pont.
• John G. Townsend, Jr.

Places

• Hotel DuPont (Wilmington).
• New Castle County Courthouse (New Castle).

Suffragists who campaigned in Delaware

• Lida Stokes Adams.
• Lucy E. Anthony.
• Susan B. Anthony.
• Mary C. C. Bradford.
• Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Mary Ware Dennett.
• Susan S. Fessenden.
• Helen Hoy Greeley.
• Laura A. Gregg.
• Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale.
• Florence Jaffray Harriman.
• Mary Garrett Hay.
• Elsie Hill.
• Diana Hirschler.
• Anna Maxwell Jones.
• Rosalie Jones.
• Belva Lockwood.
• Maria McMahon.
• Harriet May Mills.
• Henrietta G. Moore.
• Emmeline Pankhurst.
• Maud Wood Park.
• Jeannette Rankin.
• Anna Howard Shaw.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
• Mary Church Terrell.
• Lola Trax.
• Harriet Taylor Upton.
• Narcissa Cox Vanderlip.
• Mary Heald Way.
• Mary Winsor.

Anti-suffragists

Groups

• Delaware Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (DAOWS), formed in 1914.^[15]

People

• Elizabeth du Pont Bayard.
• Amy du Pont.
• Emily Bissell (Wilmington).
• May du Pont Saulsbury.
• Mary Wilson Thompson (Greenville).

Politicians

• Henry P. Scott.

See also

• List of American suffragists
• Timeline of women's suffrage in Delaware
• Women's suffrage in Delaware
• Women's suffrage in states of the United States
• Women's suffrage in the United States

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.
• Boylan. Anne M.. 2020. Delaware Suffragist Biographies. Women's Vote.
• Book: Harper, Ida Husted. The History of Woman Suffrage. J.J. Little & Ives Company. 1922. New York. Ida Husted Harper.
• Hoffecker. Carol E.. Spring 1983. Delaware's Woman Suffrage Campaign. Delaware History. 20. 3. 149–167.

External links

• Letter from Carrie Chapman Catt to Mary R. de Vou
• Votes for Delaware Women: A Centennial Exhibition (online exhibition) at Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boylan. Anne M.. Summer 2019. Delaware Women's Suffrage Timeline. 18 November 2020. Delaware Historical Society. League of Women Voters.
2. Web site: Stopyra. Diane. 17 August 2020. African American suffragists. 2020-11-18. UDaily. en.
3. Web site: Delaware and the 19th Amendment. 2020-11-20. U.S. National Park Service. en.
4. Web site: Boylan . Anne M. . September 2019 . Delaware Suffrage Leaders . https://web.archive.org/web/20200506141940/https://archives.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/156/2019/06/Delaware-Suffragist-List-Women-September-2019.pdf . 6 May 2020 . 24 November 2020 . Women's Vote Delaware.
5. Web site: Suffragists in Delaware. 2020-11-18. Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. en-US.
6. Cantoran-Torres. Veronica. Miles. Cameron. Biographical Sketch of Mary E. Brown. Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920. Alexander Street.
7. Web site: Bramhall. Sue. 17 March 2020. Local suffragists deserve recognition and thanks. 2020-11-23. Cape Gazette.
8. Web site: The Suffrage Shebang: Middletown and Women's Suffrage -. 2020-11-24. Middletown, Delaware History. en-US.
9. Turrell. Kate. Biographical Sketch of Emma Maria Lore. Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street.
10. DiMarco. Gabriella. Shields. Maeve. Biographical Sketch of Annie J. Magee [or McGee]]. Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920. Alexander Street.
11. Web site: Englehart. Lora Bilton. 2020-07-24. We Look Back at Delaware's Integral Role in the Fight for Women's Voting Rights. 2020-11-22. Delaware Today. en-US.
12. Boylan. Anne M.. Biographical Sketch of Mary A. Ospina. Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street.
13. Hall. Colleen. Biographical Sketch of Adelina Piunti (DiSabatino). Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920. Alexander Street.
14. Web site: Boylan. Anne M.. 20 October 2020. Bridgeville's Sadie Waters and the 19th Amendment. 2020-11-19. Cape Gazette. none.
15. Web site: The Anti-suffragists. 2020-11-23. Votes for Delaware Women. en-US.