Suffrage Champion Profile
★ Progressive Era Hero Series • No. 19 ★ Votes For Women Archive
Champion of Equal Suffrage
Reformer • Orator • Labor Rights Advocate • Circa 1913
✦ Equal Rights Pioneer ✦
VOTES FOR WOMEN
Tenacity 98 / 100
Oratory 95 / 100
Strategy 92 / 100
Coalition 96 / 100
Historical Profile Record DOC ID: 1913-SFG-042
Era & Timeframe Progressive Era (1890–1920)
Affiliation NAWSA & Labor League
Primary Battlegrounds Washington D.C. Parades, Municipal Referendums & Factory Rallies
“True democracy cannot exist when half the nation’s intellect, conscience, and labor remain unrepresented at the ballot box.”
— Address to the Suffrage Convocation, 1913
Key Movement Contributions
- March on Pennsylvania Ave (1913): Spearheaded delegation logistics demanding a constitutional amendment on the eve of the presidential inauguration.
- Working Women’s Coalition: Bridged industrial union workers and civic reform clubs to pass state-level wage protections.
- 19th Amendment Ratification Push: Traveled across 14 state legislatures lobbying governors to secure final legislative majorities in 1920.
✎ Historical Inquiry & Analysis Prompt Student Name: _______________________ Date: _________
How did Progressive Era suffragists use visual symbolism (banners, colors, and portraits) and grassroots public organizing to influence public opinion and pass constitutional reform?
COLLECTIBLE ARCHIVE EDITION • 19th AMENDMENT CENTENNIAL PRESERVED BY THE NATIONAL REFORM HERITAGE PROJECT
