List of Rhode Island suffragists explained

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

Groups

• Bristol Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
• College Equal Suffrage League, Rhode Island group formed in 1907.^{[2] [3]}
• Congressional Union of Providence, Rhode Island, created in 1916.
• Jamestown Equal Suffrage League.^[4]
• Newport County Woman Suffrage League, founded in 1908.^[5]
• Providence Woman Suffrage Party.^[3]
• Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1915.^[3]
• Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association, created in 1868.^[6]
• Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Party, created in 1913.^[3]
• Rhode Island Union of Colored Women's Clubs, created in 1903.^[7]
• Woman's Newport League.
• Women's Political Equality League of Providence.

Suffragists

• Esther H. Abelson (Pawtucket).
• Sara Algeo.
• Agnes Bacon (Providence).
• Mary Rathbone Kelly Ballou (Providence and Portsmouth).^[8]
• Alva Belmont (Newport).
• Mae E. Profitt Bentley (Providence).^[9]
• Ellen M. Bolles.
• Rose Talliaferro Bradic (Providence).^[10]
• Emeline S. Burlingame (1836–1923).
• Margaret M. Campbell.
• Elizabeth Buffum Chace (Providence).
• Elizabeth Kittridge Churchill.
• Paulina Wright Davis (Providence).
• Ardelia C. Dewing.
• Mary H. Dickerson (Newport).
• Sarah E. Doyle.^[11]
• Maud Howe Elliot (Newport).^[12]
• Jeanette S. French.
• Hannah E. Greene (Providence).
• Annie M. Griffin.
• Frederick A. Hinckley (Providence).
• Bertha Higgins (Providence).
• Julia Ward Howe (Portsmouth).
• Mary E. Jackson (Providence).
• Maria Albertina Kindberg (Providence).
• Maria Ingeborg Kindstedt (Providence).
• Sophia Little.^[13]
• Deborah Knox Livingston.
• Clara Brownell May Miller (Newport).
• Martha H. Mowry (Providence).
• Mabel E. Orgelman (Bristol).
• Fanny Purdy Palmer (Providence)
• Annie Peck (Providence).
• Rhoda Anna Fairbanks Peckham.
• Lucy Proffitt.^[14]
• Charlotte B. Wilbour.
• Anna Garlin Spencer (Providence).
• Rowena Peck Barnes Tingley.
• Camillo von Klenze.^[15]
• Frances H. Whipple (Providence).
• Sarah Helen Whitman (Providence).^[11]
• Lillie Chace Wyman (Valley Falls).
• Elizabeth Upham Yates.

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

• Robert Livingston Beeckman.^[11]
• Clark Burdick (Newport).^[16]
• Edward L. Freeman.^[11]
• Joseph H. Gainer (Providence).
• Daniel L. D. Granger (Providence).
• Richard W. Jennings.^[11]
• Henry B. Kane (Narragansett).
• Walter R. Stiness.

Suffragists campaigning in Rhode Island

• Susan B. Anthony.
• Henry B. Blackwell.
• Carrie Chapman Catt.
• Adelaide A. Claifin.
• James Henry Darlington.
• Frederick Douglass.
• Mary F. Eastman.
• William Lloyd Garrison.
• Mary Johnston.
• Louise Hall.^[17]
• Henry S. Nash.
• Cora Scott Pond.
• Anna Howard Shaw.^[18]
• Doris Stevens.^[19]
• Lucy Stone.
• Zerelda G. Wallace.

Places

• Marble House.^[20]
• Oak Glen.^[21]

Publications

• The Amendment.
• The Pioneer and Woman's Advocate, founded in 1852.^[11]
• The Una, founded in 1853.^[22]

Anti-suffragists

Groups

• Rhode Island Association in Opposition to Woman Suffrage.^[23]

Individuals

• Mrs. Edward Johnson.
• Margaret Farnum Lippitt.^[24]
• Mary Lippitt Steedman.

See also

• New England Woman Suffrage Association
• Timeline of women's suffrage in Rhode Island
• Women's suffrage in Rhode Island
• Women's suffrage in the United States

References

Sources

• Book: Anthony. Susan B.. The History of Woman Suffrage. Harper. Ida Husted. The Hollenbeck Press. 1902. Indianapolis.
• Book: Harper, Ida Husted. The History of Woman Suffrage. J.J. Little & Ives Company. 1922. New York.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-06-17. Centennial & Suffrage History. 2020-09-28. MyLO. en.
2. Web site: Stevens. Elizabeth C.. The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island. 2020-09-28. EnCompass.
3. Web site: Manning. Lucinda. 2001. revised by Kim Nusco. Records of the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island. 2020-09-28. Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division.
4. Web site: Gibbs. Ryan. 13 August 2020. Getty event to celebrate centennial of women's suffrage. 2020-09-28. Jamestown Press.
5. Young. Bailey. Biographical Sketch of Clara Brownell May (Mrs. Oscar) Miller. Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street.
6. Web site: Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Inducted 2002. 2020-09-28. Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.
7. News: 1914-07-09. Died. 8. The New York Age. 2020-10-03. Newspapers.com.
8. Web site: 2019-12-13. Mary Ballou: "A Rhode Island Suffrage Pioneer". 2020-09-30. Portsmouth History Notes. en.
9. Web site: Truppi . Lily . Cottineau . Sacha . Biographical Sketch of Mae E. Proffitt Bentley . 2023-03-27 . Alexander Street.
10. Web site: Battye . Jilian . Riordan . Katherine . Biographical Sketch of Rose Talliaferro Bradic . 2023-03-27 . Alexander Street.
11. Web site: DeSimone. Russell. 3 July 2020. Rhode Island's Long Quest for Women's Suffrage. 2020-09-28. Small State Big History.
12. Web site: DeSimone. Russell. 11 January 2020. Rhode Island's Two Unheralded Suffragists. 2020-09-28. Small State Big History.
13. Web site: DeSimone. Russell J.. 1 March 2015. Celebrating Women's History Month: 10 who helped shape the Ocean State. 2020-09-28. Providence Journal. en.
14. Web site: Ramos . Emily . Szeneitas . Sophia . Biographical Sketch of Lucy Proffitt . 2023-03-27 . Alexander Street.
15. Miller. Elisa. Biographical Sketch of Louise Hall. Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street.
16. News: 1917-08-03. Suffrage Mass Meeting. 1. Newport Mercury. 2020-10-01. Newspapers.com.
17. News: 1915-06-30. Plan Greeting for Liberty Bell Party. 10. New Castle Herald. 2021-03-05. Newspapers.com.
18. Web site: Bort. Ina. 2017-04-21. Suffrage on the Menu: The Marble House Conferences of 1909 and 1914. 2020-10-01. Behind The Scenes: New-York Historical Society. en-US.
19. News: 1914-06-26. For Suffrage Work. 7. Newport Daily News. 2020-10-01. Newspapers.com.
20. Web site: 2018-01-12. When Gilded Suffragists Reached Out to Black Activists. 2020-09-28. Johanna Neuman. en-US.
21. Web site: Rhode Island and the 19th Amendment. 2020-09-28. U.S. National Park Service. en.
22. Web site: DeSimone. Russell. 31 March 2018. Rhode Island Women Enter 19th Century Politics. 2020-09-28. Small State Big History.
23. News: 1912-10-11. Opposed to Suffrage. 5. Newport Daily News. 2020-10-01. Newspapers.com.
24. Web site: Suffrage Timeline. 2020-09-30. Lippit House Project. en.