List of Nevada suffragists explained

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

Groups

• Churchill County Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
• Douglas County Equal Suffrage League.^[2]
• Esmerelda County Equal Suffrage League.
• Eureka County Equal Suffrage League.
• Humboldt County Equal Suffrage League.^[3]
• Lucy Stone Non-Partisan Equal Suffrage League, formed in Austin, Nevada in 1894.
• The Men's League of Nevada, created in 1914.^[4]
• Nevada Equal Franchise Society (NEFS).^[5]
• Nevada Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1895.^[6]
• Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs.
• Non-Militant Suffrage Association, formed in 1911.^[7]
• Ormsby County Equal Suffrage League.
• Sparks Equal Suffrage League.
• State Equal Suffrage Association.
• Storey County Equal Suffrage League.
• Washoe County Equal Suffrage League.
• Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

Suffragists

• Mary Babcock.
• Hellen Ann Lovelock Bonnifield (Winnemucca).
• Mae Caine^[8]
• Hanna K. Clapp.
• Felice Cohn (Carson City).
• Eliza Cook (Douglas County).
• Mary Stoddard Doten.
• Bessie R. Lucas Eichelberger (Reno and Washoe County).^[9]
• Minnie Flannigan.
• Maud Gassoway.
• John I. Ginn (Elko).
• Laura DeForce Gordon (Virginia City).
• Florence Humphrey (Washoe).
• Sadie D. Hurst (Washoe).
• Alexandrine La Tourette.
• Sarah Emeline Mack (Reno).^[10]
• Anne Henrietta Martin (Reno).
• Mila Tupper Maynard (Reno).
• Helena Suzanne Bidwell Norton (Reno).^[11]
• Elda Ann Williams Simpson Orr (Reno).^[12]
• Fannie Brown Patrick (Reno)
• Delphine Anderson Squires (Las Vegas).
• Fannie Weller (Austin).
• Frances Slaven Williamson (Austin and Reno).^[13]
• Bird Wilson (Goldfield).
• Jeanne Wier.^[14]

Politicians who supported women's suffrage

• McKaskia Stearns Bonnifield (Humboldt County).
• Oscar Grey.
• Curtis J. Hillyer (Storey County).

Publications

• The Nevada Citizen, published by Frances Slaven Williamson and Mary Laura Williamson.

Suffragists who campaigned in Nevada

• Jane Addams.
• Susan B. Anthony.
• Bessie Beatty.
• Harriot Stanton Blatch.^[15]
• Lucy Burns.
• Laura Gregg Cannon.
• Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Anne Constable.
• Grace Cotterill.
• Minnie Fisher Cunningham.
• Emma Smith DeVoe.
• Sara Bard Field.
• Margaret A. Foley.
• Antoinette Funk.^[16]
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman.^[17]
• Florence Bayard Hilles.
• Rosalie Jones.
• Caroline Katzenstein.
• Annie Kenney.
• Harriet Burton Laidlaw.
• James Lees Laidlaw.
• Gail Laughlin.
• Maud Leonard McCreery.
• Alice Park.
• Valeria H. Parker.
• Ella Riegel.
• Mary E. Ringrose.
• Elizabeth Selden Rogers.
• Marjorie Shuler.
• Anna Howard Shaw.
• Mary Sperry.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
• Emily A. Pitts Stevens.
• Eleanor Stewart.
• Helen Todd.
• Mabel Vernon.
• Charlotte Anita Whitney.
• Maud Younger.

Anti-suffragists

People

• Emma Adams.
• Anna Fitch.
• George Wingfield.^[18]

Groups

• Nevada Association of Women Opposed to Equal Suffrage (NAWOWS).

Anti-suffragists who campaigned in Nevada

• Minnie Bronson.

See also

• Timeline of women's suffrage in Nevada
• Women's suffrage in Nevada
• 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.
• Ford. Jean. Hulse. James W.. Fall 1995. The First Battle for Woman Suffrage in Nevada: 1869-1871 – Correcting and Expanding the Record. Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. 38. 3. 174–188.
• Book: Mead, Rebecca J.. How the Vote Was Won: Woman Suffrage in the Western United States, 1868-1914. New York University Press. 2004. 9780814756768. New York. registration. Internet Archive.
• Book: Harper, Ida Husted. The History of Woman Suffrage. J.J. Little & Ives Company. 1922. New York. Ida Husted Harper.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mueller. Megg. January 2020. A Century of Suffrage. 2020-11-27. Nevada Magazine.
2. Web site: Skorupa. Susan. 21 July 2014. Nevada Women's History Project celebrates 100 years of women's suffrage. 2020-11-28. Reno Gazette Journal. en-US.
3. Web site: Suffragists in Nevada. 2020-11-26. Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. en-US.
4. News: 24 February 1914. Nevada Suffrage Leaders Meet. The Sacramento Union. 28 November 2020. California Digital Newspaper Collection.
5. Web site: Women in Nevada History. 2020-11-26. Nevada Suffrage. en-US.
6. Web site: Bennett. Dana R.. Reno. Mona. Nevada Suffrage Timeline. 2020-11-26. Nevada Suffrage Centennial. en-US.
7. Web site: Felice Cohn. 2020-11-27. ONE.
8. Reno, Mona. “Mae Caine,” in “Nevada Women’s History Project.” Reno, Nevada: Nevada Suffrage Centennial, retrieved online June 18, 2021.
9. Web site: Bernard. Patti. Falcone. Kitty. BESSIE R. LUCAS EICHELBERGER. 2020-11-28. Nevada Women's History Project.
10. Web site: Falcone. Kitty. Sarah Emeline (Emma) Mack. 2020-11-28. Nevada Women's History Project.
11. Web site: Bennett. Dana R.. Helena Suzanne (Lena) Bidwell Norton. 2020-11-28. Nevada Women's History Project.
12. Web site: Malek. Sue. Genealogy and Family History: Suffragist. 2020-11-26. TMCC. en.
13. Web site: Wilkins. Sally. FRANCES SLAVEN WILLIAMSON. 2020-11-26. Nevada Women's History Project.
14. Web site: McGinness. Brett. 26 August 2020. Famed Washoe basket weaver among Nevada's influential Women of the Century. 2020-11-28. USA Today. en.
15. News: 1916-04-27. Suffrage Special' Arrives and Members Put in a Busy Day. 1. The Daily Appeal. 2020-11-27. Newspapers.com.
16. Book: Lumsden, Linda J.. Rampant Women: Suffragists and the Right of Assembly. The University of Tennessee Press. 1997. 978-1-57233-163-1. Knoxville. 30. en.
17. Web site: Woman Suffrage: Tactics. 2020-11-29. Nevada Suffrage Centennial. en-US.
18. Web site: Marcus. Emerson. 28 October 2014. 'Epic in politics': Nevada women got vote a century ago. 2020-11-27. Reno Gazette Journal. en-US.