List of Ohio suffragists explained

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

Groups

• Cincinnati Central Suffrage Committee.
• College Equal Suffrage League.
• Columbus Equal Suffrage League.
• Colored Women's Independent Political League (formerly the Colored Women's Republican Club).
• Cuyahoga County Woman's Suffrage Association (CCWSA), founded in 1910. Later became the Cleveland Woman's Suffrage Party or the Cuyahoga County Woman's Suffrage Party.^[1]
• Dayton Woman's Suffrage Association (DWSA) is created around 1869.^[2]
• Franklin County Woman Suffrage Association (FCWSA), formed in 1912.^[3]
• Hamilton County Suffrage Association.
• Men's Equal Suffrage League, established in Cleveland in 1911.^[4]
• Newbury Women's Suffrage Political Club.^[5]
• Ohio Men's League for Equal Suffrage, created in February 1912.
• Ohio Woman Suffrage Association (OWSA), founded in 1885 in Painesville.^[6]
• Ohio Women's Rights Association (OWRA), first met in Ravenna on May 25, 1853.^[7]
• Political Equality Club of Lima.^[8]
• Shelby Equal Franchise Association, formed in 1912.^[9]
• Sojourner Truth Women's Suffrage Association (STWSA).
• Suffrage Association of Warren.^[10]
• Suffrage Party of Lakewood.^[11]
• Toledo Women's Suffrage Association (TWSA) is founded in 1869.
• Woman Suffrage Party of Cleveland.
• Woman's Suffrage Association of Dayton and Montgomery County, formed in 1912.
• Woman's Suffrage Association of Richland County.

Suffragists

• Florence E. Allen (Cleveland).
• Dora Bachman (Cincinnati).
• Elizabeth Bisbee (Columbus).^[12]
• Ella Reeve Bloor (Columbus).^[13]
• Minerva Kline Brooks (Cleveland).
• Hallie Quinn Brown (Wilberforce).
• Mary Edith Campbell (1876–1962) – first woman elected to the Board of Education in Cincinnati. (Cincinnati).^[14]
• Frances Jennings Casement.
• Katharine Benedicta Trotter Claypole (Akron).^[15]
• Carrie Williams Clifford (Cleveland).^[16]
• Harris R. Cooley (Cleveland).
• Elizabeth Greer Coit (Columbus).
• Olive Colton (Toledo).^[17]
• Hannah Cutler.
• Eliza Archard Conner (New Richmond).^[18]
• Anna Julia Cooper (Xenia).
• Betsy Mix Cowles (Ashtabula County).
• Bessie Crayton (Lima).^[19]
• Lucile Atcherson Curtis (Columbus).^[20]
• Hannah Cutler.^[21]
• Carrie Chase Davis.^[22]
• Jesse Davisson (Dayton).
• Edward A. Deeds (Dayton).
• Mary Douglas (Cincinnati).^[23]
• Zara DuPont (1869–1946) – first vice president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association (Cuyahoga).^[24]
• Dora Easton (Cincinnati).
• Louise Eastman (Cincinnati).
• Martha H. Elwell.
• Caroline McCullough Everhard (1843–1902) – American banker and suffragist, president of the Ohio Suffrage Association (Massillon).^[25]
• Sara Evan Fletcher^[26]
• Ellen Sulley Fray (Toledo).
• Trixie Friganza (Cincinnati).^[27]
• Frances Dana Gage.
• Edith J. Goode (Springfield).
• Josephine S. Griffing (Salem).^[28]
• Mary Belle Grossman (Cleveland).
• Laura C. Haeckl (Cincinnati).
• Elizabeth Hauser (Cleveland).
• Gillette Hayden (1880–1929) – dentist and periodontist.^[29]
• Jewelila Higgins (Dayton).
• Josephine Saxer Irwin (Cuyahoga County).^[30]
• Rachel S. A. Janney.
• Jane Hitchcock Jones.
• Harriet Keeler (Cleveland).
• Belle Coit Kelton (Columbus).^[31]
• Betsey Lewis (Warren).
• Mary MacMillan (Cincinnati).
• Helen Wise Mallony (Cincinnati).
• Lizzie Marvin (Shelby).
• Lucia McCurdy McBride (Cleveland).
• Dorothy Mead.
• Marguerite Molliter (Cincinnati).
• Henrietta G. Moore (Springfield).
• John Moore (president of the United Mine Workers of Ohio).
• Rosa Moorman.^[32]
• John H. Patterson (Dayton).
• Emma Maud Perkins (Cleveland).^[33]
• Edna Brush Perkins (Cleveland).
• Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (Cleveland).^[34]
• Laura Proctor (Cincinnati).
• Mary Virginia Proctor (Lebanon).^[35]
• Bernice Pyke (Lakewood).^[36]
• H. Anna Quinby (Edenton).^[37]
• Kenyon Hayden Rector (Columbus).
• Nellie Robinson (Cincinnati).
• Viola D. Romans (Cincinnati).
• Sarah C. Schrader.
• Rosa L. Segur (Toledo).
• Caroline Severance.
• Lydia DeVilbiss Shauk (Shelby).
• Belle Sherwin (Cleveland).
• Sarah Siewers (Cincinnati).
• Ida Ricketts Snell (Cincinnati).
• Louise Southgate (Cincinnati).
• Louisa Southworth (Cleveland).
• Doris Stevens (Dayton).^[38]
• Pauline Perlmutter Steinem (Toledo).
• Charles F. Thwing (Cleveland).
• Harriet Taylor Upton (Warren).^[39]
• Maude Edith Comstock Waitt (Lakewood).^[40]
• Myron B. Vorce (Cleveland).
• Alma Kephart Wilson (Cincinnati).
• Bettie Wilson (Cincinnati).
• Peter Witt (Cleveland).
• Clara Snell Wolfe.^[41]
• Victoria Claflin Woodhull (Massillon).
• Katharine Wright (Dayton).
• Orville Wright (Dayton).
• Mary Yeager (Cincinnati).

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

• Roland W. Baggott.^[42]
• Newton D. Baker (Cleveland).
• Ellsworth R. Bathrick (Akron).^[43]
• James M. Cox (Dayton).
• Joshua Giddings (Ashtabula County).^[44]
• Tom L. Johnson (Cleveland).^[45]
• William McKinley.
• Jacob Henry Miller.
• James A. Reynolds (Cuyahoga County).
• Ezra B. Taylor (Warren).
• Benjamin Wade (Ashtabula County).
• Brand Whitlock (Toledo).^[46]

Places

• Harriet Taylor Upton House (Warren).^[47]

Publications

• The Alliance.
• Everywoman.
• The Ohio Woman.

Suffragists who campaigned in Ohio

• Jane Addams.
• Susan B. Anthony.
• Antoinette Brown Blackwell.^[48]
• Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Margaret Foley.
• Elizabeth Freeman.^[49]
• Laura A. Gregg.
• Louise Hall.^[50]
• Julia Ward Howe.
• Rosalie G. Jones.
• Elizabeth A. Kingsbury.^[51]
• Emmeline Pankhurst.
• Sylvia Pankhurst.
• Maud Wood Park.^[52]
• Emily Pierson.^[53]
• Jeannette Rankin.
• Rose Schneiderman.
• Anna Howard Shaw.
• Florence Sherwood, president of the Wage Earners' Suffrage League of Chicago.
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
• Lucy Stone.^[54]
• Jane Thompson.
• George Francis Train.^[55]
• Sojourner Truth.^[56]
• Camillo von Klenze.^[57]
• Zerelda G. Wallace.^[58]
• Bettina Borrmann Wells.

Anti-suffrage

Groups

• Cincinnati and Hamilton County Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
• Ohio Women's Anti-Suffrage League.

Anti-suffragists

• Mrs. Herman Hubbard (Columbus).^[59]
• Ruby Osborne (Cincinnati).
• Lucy Price.
• Maria Longworth Storer (Cincinnati).
• Katherine Talbott (Dayton).

See also

• Timeline of women's suffrage in Ohio
• Women's suffrage in Ohio
• 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. Harper. Ida Husted.
• Book: Irwin, Inez Haynes. The Story of the Woman's Party. Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.. 1921. Internet Archive.
• Book: National American Woman Suffrage Association. The History of Woman Suffrage. J. J. Little & Ives Company. 1922. Harper. Ida Husted. New York.
• NWHP. 2017. How Women Won the Vote. National Women's History Project.
• Pliley. Jessica R.. 2008. Voting for the Devil: Unequal Partnerships in the Ohio Women's Suffrage Campaign of 1914. Ohio History. 115. 4–27. 10.1353/ohh.0.0018. 144676061. subscription. Project MUSE.
• Staples. Sarah. Spring 2020. The Fight to Let Cincinnati Women Vote. Ohio Valley History. 20. 1. 79–83. subscription. Project MUSE.
• Book: Steinglass. Steven H.. The Ohio State Constitution: A Reference Guide. Scarselli. Gino J.. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2004. 0313267650. Westport, Connecticut.
• Book: Upton, Harriet Taylor. History of the Western Reserve. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1910. Cutler. Harry Gardner. Chicago.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trowbridge. David J.. Metzger. Kayla. 4 June 2020. Cleveland Woman's Suffrage Party Headquarters. 2020-09-04. Clio: Your Guide to History. en.
2. Web site: McCarty. Mary. 18 August 2020. The empowering story of how Dayton was at the forefront of women's suffrage movement. 2020-09-05. Dayton.com. en.
3. Web site: Bolam. Allison. 7 June 2019. Let Ohio Women Vote! The Suffrage Centennial on Ohio Memory. 2020-09-05. Ohio Memory.
4. Web site: Morton. Marian. How Cleveland Women Got the Vote - and What They Did With It. 2020-09-06. Teaching Cleveland Digital. 17 June 2016 . en-US.
5. News: Glasier. David S.. 1 June 2019. Northeast Ohio Played Part in Women's Suffrage Movement, Now Marks Centennial of 19th Amendment. The News Herald. 5 September 2020.
6. Web site: Ohio Woman Suffrage Association. 2020-09-04. Ohio History Central.
7. Web site: Ohio Women's Rights Association. 2020-09-04. Ohio History Central.
8. Web site: Hoersten. Greg. 2020-03-17. 100 years: A woman's right to vote. 2020-09-05. The Lima News. en-US.
9. Web site: Drain. Christina Yetzer. 2 September 2020. Shelby was a hotbed of activity during women's suffrage movement. 2020-09-07. Richland Source. en.
10. Web site: 30 August 2019. Women's Suffrage and the Ohio Women's Convention – Ohioana Library. 2020-09-05. en-US.
11. Web site: Benson. John. 2017-11-21. Lakewood officials mark 100th anniversary of city allowing women to vote. 2020-09-19. Cleveland.com. en.
12. Web site: First Women's Rights Movement. 2020-09-05. Ohio History Central.
13. News: 1915-08-10. Suffrage Torch Tours Monmouth. 1. Asbury Park Press. 2021-06-12. Newspapers.com.
14. News: November 19, 1911 . Miss Edith Campbell the First of Her Sex to Receive the Vote of the Chief Executive of the United States. . 2010-08-12 . . In this stamping ground of conservative men and women it was found that the voters had given Miss Edith Campbell enough votes to qualify her for member of ....
15. Web site: Katharine Benedicta Trotter Claypole, 1847 – 1901 Akron Women's History. 16 August 2013 . 2021-03-13. en-US.
16. Web site: Ohio Women Vote: 100 Years of Change: Significant Ohio Women Biographies. 19 September 2020. Ohio History Collection.
17. Web site: Weber. Ann. 2 March 2003. Women who made a difference. 2020-09-05. The Blade. en.
18. Web site: Suffragists in Ohio. 2020-09-05. Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. en-US.
19. Web site: Hoersten. Greg. 2019-03-19. The persistent Bessie Crayton. 2020-09-05. The Lima News. en-US.
20. Web site: Greenwald . Marilyn S. . 1999 . A Woman of the Times . 3 August 2024 . The New York Times.
21. Web site: O'Neil. Tim. 19 November 2011. A Look Back • Suffragists meet in St. Louis in 1872. 2020-09-21. STLtoday.com. en.
22. Web site: “Millions of women await your next message, Mr. President”: The Fight for Women’s Suffrage in Letters to President Wilson . 2024-08-03 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
23. Web site: Brownlee. Amy Knueven. 2016-03-28. Cincinnati's Suffragettes: More Polite Than England, But Frightening To Cincinnati Men. 2020-09-06. Cincinnati Magazine. en-US.
24. Web site: Troyer . Andrew . Heaphy . Leslie . Biographical Sketch of Zara DuPont . 5 August 2024 . Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890–1920 . Alexander Street Documents.
25. Web site: Women's Suffrage. 2020-09-05. Massillon Museum. en.
26. Book: Hooper, Osman Castle. History of the City of Columbus, Ohio. The Memorial Publishing Company. 1920. 66.
27. Web site: Weingartner. Tana. 27 January 2020. Exhibit Examines Ohio's Forgotten Role In The Women's Suffrage Movement. 2020-09-05. WVXU. en.
28. Boyle. Homer C.. August 1912. Ohio Suffragists of Olden Days. The Woman Voter. 6–7. Internet Archive.
29. Gillette Hayden, Nationally Acclaimed Woman Dentist, Dies, The Columbus Dispatch, 27 March 1929 pz 1
30. Web site: 2019-03-28. IRWIN, JOSEPHINE SAXER. 2020-09-19. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Case Western Reserve University. en.
31. Web site: 2020-02-11. 10,000 Feet for Freedom: Ohio's 1912 Women's Suffrage Parade - March 26, 2020 5:30PM to 7:30PM. 2020-09-05. Southeast Ohio History Center. en-US.
32. Book: Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn. African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920. Indiana University Press. 1998. 978-0-253-21176-7. Bloomington, Indiana. 103. en.
33. Web site: Celebrating the Campus Suffragists: Suffragist Alumnae, Faculty, and Faculty Wives. 2020-09-13. Case Western Reserve University. en.
34. News: RUN OVER BY COAL CART. MRS. SARAH M. PERKINS, WELL KNOWN OHIO SUFFRAGIST, KILLED. . 16 April 2022 . The Boston Globe . Newspapers.com . 3 December 1905 . 15 . en.
35. Book: John Calvin . Hover . Joseph Daniel . Barnes . 1919 . Memoirs of the Miami Valley . 2 . Robert O. Law Company . 382– . 478490 .
36. Web site: Benson. John. 2020-08-19. Lakewood honors Bernice Pyke on 100th anniversary of women's right to vote. 2020-09-19. Cleveland.com. en.
37. Book: Leonard . John William . Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 . 1914 . American Commonwealth Company . 668 . 10 October 2023 . en.
38. News: 1914-06-26. For Suffrage Work. 7. Newport Daily News. 2020-10-01. Newspapers.com.
39. Web site: Borchardt. Jackie. Balmert. Jessie. 14 June 2019. 100 years ago Ohio ratified the 19th Amendment. Here are 6 women who made suffrage reality. 2020-09-04. The Cincinnati Enquirer. en-US.
40. Web site: Vegh. Jeannine. 2018-05-15. The Honorable Maude C. Waitt – Lakewood, Ohio. 2020-09-19. Ohio Women's History. en.
41. Web site: Schmidt. Elizabeth. Biographical Sketch of Clara Snell Wolfe. 2020-09-05. Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender.
42. News: 1917-10-25. Ohio Suffragists Ass'n Dinner Is Interesting Event of Meet. 8. Dayton Daily News. 2020-09-13. Newspapers.com.
43. News: 1912-01-01. Women's Suffrage Cause. 3. The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2020-09-20. Newspapers.com.
44. Web site: Terry. Shelley. 26 August 2020. Much of history of women's suffrage occurred in Ashtabula County. 2020-09-19. Star Beacon. en.
45. Web site: Morton. Marian J.. Elizabeth J. Hauser: The Woman Who Wrote Tom L. Johnson's Autobiography. 2020-09-05. Teaching Cleveland Digital. en-US.
46. Hauser. Elizabeth J.. August 1912. A Few Facts in Ohio's History. The Woman Voter. 9. Internet Archive.
47. Web site: Thompson. Jacob. 2020-08-02. Women's suffrage historical site reopens in Warren. 2020-09-06. WYTV. en-US.
48. Web site: 2018-05-11. AMERICAN WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE ASSN.. 2020-09-10. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Case Western Reserve University. en.
49. August 1912. The Little Yellow Wagon. The Woman Voter. 18–19. Internet Archive.
50. News: 1915-06-30. Plan Greeting for Liberty Bell Party. 10. New Castle Herald. 2021-03-05. Newspapers.com.
51. 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.
52. Web site: Celebrating the Campus Suffragists: Equal Suffrage League. 2020-09-13. Case Western Reserve University. en.
53. News: 1912-08-07 . Campaigning in Ohio for Woman's Suffrage . 5 . Norwich Bulletin . 2022-12-22 . Newspapers.com.
54. Web site: Woman Suffrage in the Midwest. 2020-09-05. U.S. National Park Service. en.
55. News: 1867-11-13. To Stump Ohio for Women's Suffrage. 2. Daily Ohio Statesman. 2020-09-18. Newspapers.com.
56. Web site: Ohio and the 19th Amendment. 2020-09-04. U.S. National Park Service. en.
57. Miller. Elisa. Biographical Sketch of Louise Hall. Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street.
58. News: Elwell. Martah H.. 1889-05-08. Ohio Woman Suffrage Convention. 5. Wellington Enterprise. 2020-09-20. Newspapers.com.
59. News: 13 February 1912. Anti-Suffrage Fight Started. The Democratic Banner. 19 September 2020.