List of Illinois suffragists explained

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

Groups

• Alpha Suffrage Club, formed in 1913.
• Chicago Equal Suffrage Association, formerly the North Side Branch of IESA, created in 1910.
• Chicago Political Equality League, formed in 1894.^[1]
• Chicago Teachers' Federation.
• Chicago Woman's Club.
• Cook County Woman's Suffrage Society.^[2]
• Decatur Women's Suffrage Club, formed in 1888.^[3]
• Democratic Club of Chicago, formed in 1900.
• Earlville Suffrage Association, formed in 1855.^[4]
• Ella Flagg Young Club.
• Illinois Equal Franchise Society.^[5]
• Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs.
• Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs.
• Illinois Woman Suffrage Association (IWSA), formed in 1869, later renamed Illinois Equal Suffrage Association (IESA).^[6]
• Men's Equal Suffrage League, formed in 1909.
• Naperville Equal Suffrage Club, created in 1888.^[7]
• National Woman's Party.^[8]
• The Ossoli Club, formed in Highland Park, Illinois, in 1894.^[9]
• Sorosis.
• Springfield Suffrage Association.^[10]
• Women's Christian Temperance Union (WTCU) of Illinois.
• Women's Trade Union League (WTUL).^[11]

Suffragists

• Sadie Lewis Adams (Chicago).
• Jane Addams.^[12]
• Mary A. Ahrens (Chicago).^[13]
• Royal Allen.^[14]
• Susan E. Allen Cannon (Galesburg).
• Naomi Talbert Anderson (Chicago).^[15]
• Susan Look Avery (Chicago).
• Rosa Miller Avery (1830–1894) – American abolitionist, political reformer, suffragist, writer. (Chicago).^[16]
• Eugenia M. Bacon.
• Laura Beasley (Chicago).^[17]
• Ella G. Berry (Chicago).^[18]
• Kizziah J. Bills (Chicago).^[19]
• Anna Blount (Oak Park).^[20]
• Elizabeth K. Booth (Glencoe).
• Louise DeKoven Bowen (Chicago).
• Myra Colby Bradwell.
• Sophonisba Breckinridge (Chicago).^[21]
• Virginia Brooks (Chicago).^[22]
• Adella Maxwell Brown (Peoria).
• Laura Robinson Campbell (East St. Louis)^[23]
• Agnes Chase.
• Mary C. Clarke (Chicago).^[24]
• George E. Cole (Chicago).
• Lydia Avery Coonley-Ward (Chicago).
• Prudence Crandall.
• Caroline Bartlett Crane (Chicago).^[25]
• Gertrude Crocker (Hinsdale).
• Ruth Crocker (Hinsdale).
• Susan Lawrence Dana (Sangamon County).
• Cornelia De Bey (Chicago).^[26]
• Margaret Dobyne.
• Kate N. Doggett (Chicago).^[27]
• Elvira Downey (Clinton).
• Ida Darling Engelke (Chicago).
• Elizabeth Hawley Everett (Highland Park).^[28]
• Lucy H. Ewing (Chicago).
• Janet Kellogg Fairbank (Chicago).^[29]
• Samuel Fallows (Chicago).
• Clara M. Farson (St. Charles).^[30]
• Henry B. Favill (Chicago).
• Lucy Flower.
• Antoinette Funk (Chicago).
• Sophie Gibb (Decatur).
• Catherine Goggin (Chicago).
• Harriet Grim (Chicago).
• Emily M. Gross.
• Alonzo Jackson Grover (Earlville).^[31]
• Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (Evanston).
• Margaret Haley (Chicago).
• Effie Henderson (Bloomington).^[32]
• Mary Emma Holmes (Chicago)^[33]
• Carrie S. Cook Horton (Chicago).^[34]
• Kate Hughes (Table Grove).
• Alta Hulett.
• Adelaide Johnson.^[35]
• Carrie Ashton Johnson (Rockford).
• Jenkin Lloyd Jones (Chicago).
• Mary H. Krout (Chicago).
• Maydie Spaulding Lee (Springfield).
• Lena Morrow Lewis (Chicago).
• Mary Livermore.
• Elizabeth F. Long (Barry).
• Judith Weil Loewenthal (Chicago).
• Andrew MacLeish (Chicago).
• Anna A. Maley.^[36]
• Ellen A. Martin (Lombard).
• Mary Mather (Sangamon County).
• Catharine Waugh McCulloch (Evanston).^[37]
• Henry Neil (Chicago).
• Agnes Nestor (Chicago).
• Anna E. Nicholes.
• S. Grace Nicholes (Chicago)
• Maude Gregg Palmer (Springfield).
• Fannie H. Rastall.
• Harriet Reed (Springfield).
• Susan Hoxie Richardson (Earlville).
• Mabel Sippy (Chicago).
• Julia Holmes Smith.
• Eva Munson Smith.
• Elmira E. Springer.
• Belle Squire (Chicago).
• Ida Staggall.^[38]
• Ella S. Stewart.
• Mary Thomas.^[39]
• Helen Todd (Chicago).^[40]
• Grace Wilbur Trout (Oak Park).^[41]
• Elsie Unterman (Chicago).
• Mary L. Walker.^[42]
• Clara Barck Welles (Chicago).^[43]
• Ida B. Wells (Chicago).
• Frances Willard.
• Fannie Barrier Williams (Chicago).
• Jennie Willing (Rockford).^[44]

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

• Martin B. Bailey.
• Charles Bogardus.
• James Bradwell.
• Charles H. Carmon (Forrest).
• Orrin N. Carter.
• Miles B. Castle.
• Albert C. Clark.
• Michael H. Cleary.
• William A. Compton.
• Reuben W. Coon.
• John M. Curran.
• Edward C. Curtis.
• George W. Curtis.
• Samuel A. Ettelson.
• Isaiah T. Greenacre.
• George W. Harris.
• Logan Hay.
• Hugh S. Magill.
• Walter Clyde Jones.
• Kent E. Keller.
• Walter I. Manny.
• Medill McCormick.
• Willard McEwen.
• Thomas J. McMillan.
• Fayette S. Munro (Highland Park).
• Barratt O'Hara.
• W. Duff Piercy.
• Murray F. Tuley.
• Richards S. Tuthill.
• Emil N. Zolla (Chicago).

Places

• Leland Hotel (Springfield).
• Pick-Congress Hotel (Chicago).

Publications

• The Agitator, created in 1869.^[45]

Suffragists campaigning in Illinois

• Susan B. Anthony.^[46]
• Henry B. Blackwell.
• Celia Burleigh.
• Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Miriam M. Cole.
• Phoebe Couzins.
• Emma Smith DeVoe.
• Margaret Foley.^[47]
• Helen M. Gougar.
• Mary Garrett Hay.
• Isabella Beecher Hooker.^[48]
• Julia Ward Howe.
• Elizabeth A. Kingsbury.^[49]
• Emmeline Pankhurst.
• Lilly Peckham.
• Mary Whitney Phelps.^[46]
• Parker Pillsbury.
• Anna Howard Shaw.
• Ethel Snowden.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton.^[46]
• Lucy Stone.
• Mabel Vernon.^[50]
• Zerelda G. Wallace.

Anti-suffragists

Groups

• Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women, formed in 1897.

People

• Anton J. Cermak (Chicago).
• Caroline Fairfield Corbin (Chicago).
• Levy Mayer (Chicago).
• Emma Susan Gillett Oglesby (Elkhart).
• S. M. Nickerson^[51]
• J. C. Fairfield
• Geo. W. Smith
• Ralph N. Isham
• A. T. Galt
• WM. Eliot Furness
• Francis Lackner
• Mary Pomeroy Green

See also

• Timeline of women's suffrage in Illinois
• Women's suffrage in Illinois
• 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.
• Book: Davis, Elizabeth Lindsay. The Story of the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. 1922. Chicago. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis. Hathi Trust.
• Book: Harper, Ida Husted. The History of Woman Suffrage. J.J. Little & Ives Company. 1922. New York. Ida Husted Harper.
• Janu. Bruce D.. Venet. Wendy Hamand. 1996. Mary Livermore and the Illinois Women's Suffrage Movement. Illinois History Teacher. Illinois State Historical Society. 3. 1. Illinois Periodicals Online.
• Sorenson. Mark W.. 2004. Ahead of Their Time: A Brief History of Suffrage in Illinois. Illinois Heritage. Illinois State Historical Society. 7. 6. Illinois Periodicals Online.
• Trout. Grace Wilbur. Grace Wilbur Trout. July 1920. Side Lights on Illinois Suffrage History. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 13. 2. 145–179. 40194491. JSTOR.

External links

• All Citizens

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019-05-15 . Timeline . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510004233/https://suffrage2020illinois.org/resources/timeline/ . 2021-05-10 . 2020-10-27 . Suffrage 2020 Illinois . en.
2. News: 1885-04-12. Susan B. Anthony. 10. Chicago Tribune. 2020-10-31. Newspapers.com.
3. Web site: Sorensen. Mark W.. 2020-08-19. Women's Suffrage in Decatur, Illinois. 2020-10-26. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
4. Web site: Harrington. Mark. 8 June 2019. The Weekend Story: Looking Back Ahead of 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffage in Illinois. 2020-10-25. WSPY NEWS. en.
5. Book: Egge, Sara. Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest. University of Iowa Press. 2018. 9781609385583. Iowa City. 116. subscription. Project MUSE.
6. Web site: Andes. Scarlett. 2020-03-29. Agnes Nestor – Working Women's Advocate. 2020-10-27. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
7. Web site: Wilson. Marie. 2020-08-22. How suburban leaders pushed movement for women's votes. 2020-10-31. Daily Herald. en-US.
8. Web site: Terry. Casey. 2020-03-07. The Founding of the National Woman's Party. 2020-10-28. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
9. Web site: Cole. Leslie. 2020-02-11. Highland Park Suffrage History. 2020-10-30. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
10. Web site: 2013-11-04. Women's suffrage in Illinois. 2020-10-31. SangamonLink. en-US.
11. Web site: Lisenmeier. Joan. 2020-08-10. Municipal Charter Reform in Chicago: Civic Duty, Women's Role, and Women's Suffrage. 2020-10-28. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
12. Web site: Suffrage 2020 Illinois. 2020-10-27. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
13. Web site: Biographies of Cook County, Illinois . 2024-07-25 . genealogytrails.com.
14. Web site: Cebrzynski. Annie. Osborne. Lori. 2020-07-06. The 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington D.C. – An Illinois Perspective. 2020-10-28. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
15. Web site: Suffragists in Illinois. 2020-10-26. Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. en-US.
16. Web site: 2024-03-18 . Rosa Miller Avery . 2024-07-31 . Madison Historical Society . en-US.
17. Web site: Dobschuetz . Barbara . Biographical Sketch of Laura Beasley . 2023-03-23 . Alexander Street.
18. Web site: Materson . Lisa G. . Biographical Sketch of Ella G. Berry . 2023-03-27 . Alexander Street.
19. Web site: Thomas Wells . Brandy . Biographical Sketch of Kizziah J. Bills . 2023-03-27 . Alexander Street.
20. News: 1910-07-21. Plan 'Suffrage by Relay' In Auto Tours of State. 9. Chicago Tribune. 2020-10-28. Newspapers.com.
21. Web site: Jabour. Anya. Commemorating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment. 2020-10-31. University of Chicago - SSA.
22. Web site: Ansah . Ama . 2018-08-16 . Votes for Women means Votes for Black Women . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027070723/https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/votes-women-means-votes-black-women . 2020-10-27 . 2020-10-28 . National Women's History Museum . en.
23. News: 26 Sep 1944 . Pioneer G.O.P. Woman Suffrage Leader Dies . 4 . The Decatur Review.
24. Web site: Wilson . Linda D. . Biographical Sketch of Mary C. Beasley Byron Clarke . 2023-03-28 . Alexander Street.
25. News: 1909-11-19. Notable Speakers to Be Heard. 1. The Parsons Daily Sun. 2020-10-27. Newspapers.com.
26. Web site: Dr. Cornelia De Bey, Chicago, Prominent Chicago Doctor; member C[ommi]ttee on Arrangements for Womans Party Convention, Chicago, June 5, 6, 7. ]. 2024-08-03 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
27. News: 1878-11-16. The Woman's Suffrage Association. 3. The Inter Ocean. 2020-10-31. Newspapers.com.
28. Web site: Highland Park Suffrage History . Suffrage 2020 Illinois . en . 11 February 2020.
29. Web site: Bensley. Lucas. 2020-03-01. Suffer Not the Rain: The 1916 Suffrage Parade in Chicago. 2020-10-30. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
30. Web site: The Women's Vote has a History in St. Charles. 2020-10-31. City of St. Charles, Illinois. en.
31. Web site: Lahti. Hannah. 2019-12-29. Early Suffrage in Illinois: A.J. Grover and the Earlville Suffrage Association. 2020-10-25. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
32. Web site: Sorensen. Mark. 23 August 2020. Earning the right: Looking back to the women's suffrage movement in Macon County. 2020-10-31. Herald-Review. en.
33. Book: Herringshaw . Thomas William . Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits ... . 1914 . American Publishers' Association . 198 . 14 October 2022 . en.
34. Strand. Karla J.. Dunn. Brandon. Biography of Carrie S. Cook Horton, 1875-1971. Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street.
35. Web site: 2020-07-27. Sculptor Adelaide Johnson: from Illinois. 2020-10-27. Suffrage 2020 Illinois. en.
36. Web site: 2019-04-04. Invaluable Out-of-Staters. 2021-05-09. History in South Dakota. en.
37. Web site: 2019-05-29 . Illinois Women Gain the Vote in 1913 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413095514/https://suffrage2020illinois.org/2019/05/29/illinois-women-gain-the-vote-in-1913/ . 2021-04-13 . 2020-10-27 . Suffrage 2020 Illinois . en.
38. Web site: [Mrs. Ida Staggall standing in a room and holding large balllot, profile]]. 2020-10-30. Explore Chicago Collections. en.
39. News: 1884-11-20. The National Association in Annual Convention. 8. Chicago Tribune. 2020-10-31. Newspapers.com.
40. Web site: [Suffragettes Miss Helen Todd, Mrs. Joseph R. Hamilton, and Miss Mary M. Maginness standing with suitcases]]. 2020-10-30. Explore Chicago Collections. en.
41. Web site: Sheridan. Stacey. 18 August 2020. Oak Park suffragist honored by Pomeroy Foundation. 2020-10-26. Oakpark.com. en-US.
42. News: 1870-02-07. Meeting of the State Association at Springfield. 3. Chicago Tribune. 2020-10-31. Newspapers.com.
43. Web site: Darling. Sharon S.. 7 August 2020. Clara B. Welles: A New Woman for a New Century, by Sharon S. Darling. 2020-10-27. Lombard Historical Society. en-US.
44. News: 1870-02-03. Woman Suffrage Convention. 4. Decatur Weekly Republican. 2020-10-27. Newspapers.com.
45. Web site: 2020-01-08. Philanthropist, Organizer, Agitator. 2020-10-26. Chicago History Museum. en-US.
46. News: 1869-02-11. Two Opposing Conventions in Conclave this Morning. 4. Chicago Evening Post. 2020-10-26. Newspapers.com.
47. Web site: Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers of Margaret Foley, 1847-1968 . 7 August 2024 . Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
48. News: 1871-02-02. Woman Suffrage Convention. 2. The Woodstock Sentinel. 2020-10-27. Newspapers.com.
49. Book: Noun, Louise R.. Strong-Minded Women: The Emergence of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Iowa. The Iowa State University PRess. 1969. 0813816025. Ames, Iowa. 90.
50. Web site: [Suffragist, Mabel Vernon, speaking to a crowd on the corner of Van Buren Street and Michigan Avenue]]. 2020-10-30. Explore Chicago Collections. en.
51. Corbin, C. F. (1908). Woman's rights in America: A retrospect of sixty years (1848–1908) (p. 8). The Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.drew.edu/SpecialCollections/19thCenturyPamphlets/Women/19th_women_Women_s%20Rights%20in%20America%20A%20Retrospect%20of%20Sixty%20Years.pdf