List of Oklahoma suffragists
Appearance
This is a list of Oklahoma suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Oklahoma.
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Suffragists
[edit]- Kate Himrod Biggers (1849–1935) – president of the Oklahoma Woman's Suffrage Association.[1]
- Winnie Branstetter (1879-1960) - socialist suffragette[2]
- Elizabeth Fulton Hester (1839-1929) - suffragette in Indian Territory and later Oklahoma[3]
- Abbie B. Rich Hillerman (1856-1945) - known as the "Mother of Prohibition" in Oklahoma[4]
- Lucia Loomis (1887-1962) - a suffragette journalist who clashed with anti-suffragist journalist Edith Cherry Johnson[5]
Anti-suffragists
[edit]- Edith Cherry Johnson (1879-1961) - a anti-suffragist writer for The Daily Oklahoman known as the voice of "traditional domesticity" in Oklahoma[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Fugate, Tally D. "Oklahoma Woman's Suffrage Association". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Schrems, Suzanne H. (October 1998). "Capitalizing on the Woman Question:Organizing Women into the Socialist Party in the Early Twentieth Century". Oklahoma Politics: 25–38. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Elizabeth Fulton Hester, Class of 1928". oklahomahof.com. Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ Fugate, Tally D. "Hillerman, Abbie B. Rich". okhistory.org. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Reese, Linda W. "Ferguson, Lucia Loomis (1887–1962)". okhistory.org. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ Reese, Linda W. "Johnson, Edith Cherry (1879–1961)". okhistory.org. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 2 November 2023.