Description: Portrait of Georgia Hopley, journalist, suffragist, and labor reformer, ca. 1900. Hopley was born in Bucyrus, Ohio; her parents were John Prat Hopley, Sr., and Georgianna Rochester Hopley. Her father owned and managed two newspapers, the "Bucyrus Journal" and the "Bucyrus Evening Telegraph." At an early age Georgia became interested in journalism, and she went on to become a pioneering woman in that field. Her newspaper columns appeared in in various newspapers on a quasi-syndicated basis from approximately 1880 until her death in 1944. Her main interests centered on woman suffrage and the temperance movement. In addition to her work as a journalist, she was actively involved in social reform efforts. As a journalist and as a delegate, she attended various state, national, and international conventions dealing with suffrage and temperance. In fall 1901 she was appointed a special agent of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics (women in workshops and factories) and from 1921 to 1924 she was a federal prohibition agent. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00037
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Women in journalism; Temperance--United States;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a political cartoon illustrating the adoption of an amendment to the Ohio Constitution for women's suffrage by the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1912. Ohio voters defeated the amendment. On June 16, 1919 Ohio became the fifth state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01151
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Political cartoons
 

Description: This photograph is a portrait of Judge Florence Allen, taken by Standiford Studio in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1923. The Ohio League of Women Voters nominated Judge Florence Allen to the League's National Roll of Honor for her women's rights activism and achievements in politics. As a young woman, Allen (1884-1966) graduated from Western Reserve University in 1904, and worked as a music critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer while pursuing a graduate degree in political science and constitutional law at Western Reserve University. She received her master's degree in 1908, and soon moved to New York City to work for the New York League for the Protection of Immigrants while earning a law degree from the New York University School of Law. After receiving her JD, Allen returned to Cleveland, where she gained admittance to the Ohio bar and established her own law practice. She was appointed Assistant Prosecutor of Cuyahoga County in 1919, and was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas the following year. In 1922, Allen won a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court. Not only was she the first woman to serve on Ohio's highest court, but she was also the first woman to serve on the supreme court of any state. Allen continued to serve as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court until 1934, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her to the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. Once again, Allen established a precedent as the first woman judge in a federal court. She eventually became chief judge of the court, a position she held until her retirement in 1959. This item comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_FlorenceAllen
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Judges -- Ohio
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio);
 

Description: Portrait of Gertrude Foran Handrick of Cleveland, Ohio. Handrick was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Gertrude Foran Handrick (Mrs. Franklin A.) was a member of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association. Through her father, Judge M. A. Foran, who was a staunch supporter of woman's suffrage, Mrs. Handrick came naturally to her devotion to the cause. Mrs. Handrick is a lawyer, a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Cleveland and Cuyahoga Bar Association. She was the organizer and first president of the Wage-Earners' Suffrage League, a large group of business and professional women organized under the Cleveland Woman's Suffrage party. Subsequently she was for a number of years, chairman of the Committee on the Legal Status of Women of the Cleveland League of Women Voters." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_GertrudeForanHandrick
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism; Lawyers--Ohio;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Miriam Kerruish Stage of Cleveland, Ohio. Stage (1870-1929) was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Miriam Kerruish Stage (Mrs. C. W.) graduated from Smith College, became a doctor, and practiced until her marriage. As a member of a family of liberals, she naturally identified herself with all liberal movements in Cleveland, including the suffrage cause. She co-operated with Mrs. Stockwell in the difficult task of interviewing candidates for public office. She was president of the Board of the Woman's Hospital. Mrs. Stage was impatient of discriminations against women in all fields." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_MiriamKerruishStage
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism; Medicine -- History; Physicians--Ohio;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Mary B. Grossman of Cleveland, Ohio. Grossman (1879-1977) was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Mary Grossman was a member of the American Woman's Suffrage Association, the Cleveland Woman's Suffrage Party, of which she was treasurer for a time, the Wage-Earner's Suffrage League, and the League of Women Voters. An able speaker, she was a successful campaigner for suffrage. She was elected a Judge of the Municipal Court in Cleveland, the first woman to hold this position there. She was re-elected last fall on her record. She has been devoted and continuously interested in removing discriminations against women." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_MaryGrossman
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism; Judges -- Ohio; Women legislators;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Dora Sandoe Bachman of Columbus, Ohio. Bachman (1869-1930) was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Dora Sandoe Bachman was for fifteen years a member of the Executive Board of the Ohio Suffrage Association and was pioneer in the Votes for Women movement in Franklin County. She took an active part in the campaign for municipal suffrage which was granted in 1917 in Columbus, and since the organization of the Franklin County League of Women Voters she has been a member of its board. She was the first woman member of the Columbus Board of Education and was always a leader in good citizenship." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_DoraSandoeBachman
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism; Education--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Coit of Columbus, Ohio. Coit (1820-1905) was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Elizabeth Greek Coit, mother of Belle Coit Kelton, was president of the first suffrage society of Columbus, a lecturer on Woman's Rights and one who fought valiantly for political education for women through the very early days of the struggle for equal rights." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_ElizabethCoit
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jessie Davisson of Dayton, Ohio. Davisson was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Mrs. O. F. Davisson was for eight years president of the Montgomery County Suffrage Association, a member of the board of directors of both the national Suffrage Association and the Ohio Suffrage Association. Whenever the part played by Montgomery County in the campaign for woman's suffrage is mentioned, the name of Mrs. Davisson as the leader is always to be heard. After the ratification of the suffrage amendment, Mrs. Davisson took the first steps toward the organization of the League of Women Voters in Dayton and has been a member of its Board of Directors ever since." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_Davisson
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Mrs. Myrta Jones Cannon of Cleveland, Ohio. Cannon was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Myrta L. Jones, a member of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association, was the second president of the Cleveland Woman's Suffrage party. Miss Jones has been a leader in every liberal movement in Cleveland that needed a supporter and a champion. She was president of the Consumer's League of Ohio. A supporting member of the Cleveland League of Women Voters, since its organization, she has always found time to do any special piece of work that has been asked of her." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_MyrtaJonesCannon
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Miss Harriet Keeler of Cleveland, Ohio. Keeler (1846-1921) was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Harriet L. Keeler was born in New York State and was a pupil of Betsy M, Cowles. Miss Cowles so fired the imagination of Miss Keeler for a higher education that she prepared herself for Oberlin College, and graduated from there. For thirty years Miss Keeler was a brilliant and inspiring teacher of English at Central High School. For a short time she was Superintendent of Schools of the city of Cleveland. Miss Keeler was a famous botanist, and among the widely known books she has written, are: Our Garden Flowers , Our Northern Shrubs, and Our Native Trees, all of which are classics. Because of her outstanding distinction in this field, the Metropolitan Park Board has set aside 300 acres in the Brecksville woods and dedicated them as the Harriet Keeler Memorial Woods. Miss Keeler was devoted to the cause of woman's suffrage. As one of the presidents of the Cuyahoga County Woman's Suffrage party, she did much to bring credit and respect to the movement in Cleveland. She was also a member of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_HarrietKeeler
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism; Educators; Botany
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Belle Coit Kelton of Columbus, Ohio. Kelton (1855-1956) was included on the "Ohio State Honor Roll" from the League of Women Voters of Ohio, ca. 1930, which listed prominent Ohio women involved in the suffrage movement. Her brief biography from the Honor Roll reads: "Belle Coit Kelton was an early pioneer in suffrage movements and president of the Franklin County Suffrage Association. She was one of the organizers of the Franklin County League of Women Voters, its president for two years and is now its honorary president." This photograph comes from the League of Women Voters of Ohio Collection. The League of Women Voters was first formed at the national level in early 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, President of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Soon, additional leagues began to form at the state and local level, with the League of Women Voters of Ohio being organized in May 1920 in Columbus. The League was first formed to empower women to use their newfound right to vote, and today its primary purpose remains citizen education. To this goal, it supports voter registration efforts, provides information on candidates and issues, sponsors debates and offers publications on public policy and voter engagement topics. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS354_B10_LWVO_BelleCoitKelton
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism; Franklin County Woman Suffrage Association;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)