List of Montana suffragists explained

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

Groups

• Equal Suffrage Party, formed in 1897.
• Helena Business Women's Suffrage Club.
• Helena Equal Suffrage Club.
• Missoula Teachers' Suffrage Committee.
• Montana Equal Suffrage Association (MESA), created in 1912.^[1]
• Montana Men's Equal Suffrage League.
• Montana Woman's Suffrage Association (MWSA), formed in 1895.
• Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

Suffragists

• Lillian Agnew (Great Falls).^[2]
• Mary Long Alderson.
• Mary B. Atwater.
• Ida Auerbach.
• Edith Clinch.
• Helen P. Clarke.
• Eva Warren Collier (Bedford).
• Ota E. Cummings (Billings).^[3]
• Maria M. Dean (Helena).
• Ella Knowles Haskell (Helena).
• Maggie Smith Hathaway (Ravalli County).^[4]
• Hazel Hunkins (Billings).
• Emma Ingalls (Flathead County).
• Grace Rankin Kinney.
• Mary Alderson Long.
• Clara McAdow (Fergus County).
• Mary E. O'Neill (Butte).
• Martha Edgerton Rolfe Plassmann (Great Falls).
• Jeannette Rankin (Missoula County).
• Wellington D. Rankin.
• Margaret Jane Steele Rozsa.^[5]
• Harriet P. Sanders.
• Sarepta Sanders (Helena).
• Mittie L. Shoup (Missoula).^[6]
• Gertrude Sylvester.
• Jessie Thompson (Bozeman).
• Clara B. Tower.
• Josephine Trigg (Great Falls).
• Elizabeth Donohue Vaughn (Great Falls).
• Mary C. Wheeler (Helena).
• Belle Fligelman Winestine (Helena).

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

• Joseph Burt Annin.
• Peter Breen.
• William A. Clark.
• John S. Huseby.
• Hiram Knowles.
• Perry McAdow (Fergus County).
• Wellington Rankin.
• Francis E. Sargeant.

Publications

• The Suffrage Daily News, published in 1914 in Helena.
• Woman's Voice, published on suffrage in 1913.

Suffragists campaigning in Montana

• Henry Blackwell.
• Kathryn Blake.
• Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Ida Craft.
• Emma Smith DeVoe.
• Laura A. Gregg.
• Mary Garrett Hay.
• Margaret Hinchey.
• Rosalie Jones.
• Harriet Burton Laidlaw.
• James Lees Laidlaw.
• Gail Laughlin.
• Anna Howard Shaw.
• Frances Willard.

Anti-suffragists

Groups

• Montana Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, formed in summer of 1914.
• Travel Club of Great Falls.^[7]

Politicians opposing women's suffrage

• Allen Joy.
• Martin Maginnis.
• George L. Ramsey (Gallatin County).
• Joseph K. Toole.^[8]

See also

• Timeline of women's suffrage in Montana
• Women's suffrage in Montana
• 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.
• Baumler. Ellen. Ferguson. Laura K.. Foley. Jodie. Hanshew. Annie. Jabour. Anya. Kohl. Martha. Walter. Marcella Sherfy. Summer 2014. Women's History Matters: The Montana Historical Society's Suffrage Centennial Project. Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 64. 2. 3–20, 91–92. 24419894. registration. JSTOR.
• Book: Harper, Ida Husted. The History of Woman Suffrage. J.J. Little & Ives Company. 1922. New York. Ida Husted Harper.
• Larson. T. A.. Winter 1973. Montana Women and the Battle for the Ballot. Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 23. 1. 24–41. 4517748. registration. JSTOR.
• Ward. Doris Buck. The Winning of Woman Suffrage in Montana. 1974. Master of Arts in History. Montana State University.
• Winestine. Belle Fligelman. Belle Fligelman Winestine. Summer 1974. Mother Was Shocked. Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 24. 3. 70–79. 4517906. registration. JSTOR.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Suffrage Daily News (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?. 2020-10-04. Library of Congress.
2. News: Inbody. Kristen. 6 November 2018. Voted? Thank a Montana Suffragist. Great Falls Tribune. 24 March 2021. Newspapers.com. News: 6 November 2018. Suffragists. Great Falls Tribune. 24 March 2021. Newspapers.com.
3. Web site: Suffragists in Montana. 2020-10-05. Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. en-US.
4. Web site: Kohl. Martha. 2019-08-02. Montana History Revealed: Montana and the Nineteenth Amendment. 2020-10-04. Montana History Revealed.
5. Hitchcock, Calyn. "Biographical Sketch of Margaret Jane Steele Rozsa," in Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States: "Part III: Mainstream Suffragists—National American Woman Suffrage Association." Ann Arbor, Michigan: Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company, retrieved online May 9, 2021.
6. News: 1914-08-13. The Missoula Teachers' Suffrage. 7. Yellowstone Monitor. 2020-10-05. Newspapers.com.
7. News: 1907-05-03. Against Women's Suffrage. 4. Great Falls Tribune. 2020-10-06. Newspapers.com.
8. Web site: Inbody. Kristen. 8 November 2014. Women's suffrage: Montana backers targeted their message to each group they spoke with. 2020-10-05. Great Falls Tribune. en-US.