Description: Although Ohio women's suffrage supporters successfully petitioned to put women's suffrage on the 1912 ballot, the amendment was defeated in the September election. Despite the defeat, Ohio's suffrage activists continued to campaign for women's right to vote. This 3.5" by 5.5" (8.89 by 13.97cm) image depicts representatives of county suffrage organizations demonstrating on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on July 30,1914. Not until June 16, 1919 did Ohio ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and extend to women the right to vote. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1440_1149243_001
Subjects: Ohio Women; Civil Liberties; Ohio Government; Suffrage; Suffragists; Voting
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows suffragist Harriet Taylor Upton giving a speech in Newbury, Ohio, to a group of women on August 23, 1919. Upton (1854-1945) was born in Ravenna, Ohio, and lived much of her life in Warren, Ohio. She served as treasurer of the National Woman's Suffrage Association and coordinated the business of the association from her home in Warren from 1903 to 1910. In 1918, Upton became the first woman appointed to the Warren Board of Education. After the 19th Amendment was passed, giving women the right to vote in 1920, Upton became the first woman to serve as vice chairman of the National Executive Committee and made an unsuccessful run for Congress. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1532_1499540_038
Subjects: Ohio Women; Presidents and Politics; Civil Liberties; Suffrage; Suffragists; Ohio League of Women Voters; Upton, Harriet Taylor
Places: Newbury (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Harriet Taylor Upton was born in 1853 in Ravenna, Ohio. In 1880, her father, Judge Ezra B. Taylor, was elected as a Republican representative to Congress. Harriet accompanied her widowed father to Washington, D.C., where she served as his hostess and companion. In Washington, she met George Upton and they were married in 1884. While living in Washington, Upton became involved in the women's suffrage movement. In 1890, she joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and was elected treasurer in 1894, an office she held until 1910. Upton also served as president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association from 1899 to 1908 and again from 1911 to 1920. A life-long member of the Republican Party, Upton became the first woman to serve on the Republican National Executive Committee, in 1920. She ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 1926. Harriet Taylor Upton died in 1945 in Pasadena, California, at the age of 90. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2850
Subjects: Upton, Harriet Taylor; Suffrage--Ohio; Suffragists; Social reformers
Places: Ravenna (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio); Washington (District of Columbia);
 

Description: Born in Massachusetts in 1818, Lucy Stone was an abolitionist and a prominent leader in the women's rights movement in the nineteenth century. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1847, she embarked upon a career fighting for the rights of women and African Americans. Stone spent the late 1840s and the early 1850s traveling across the United States, hoping to build support for both abolition and women's rights. On a trip to Cincinnati in 1853, she met Henry Blackwell, a businessman. They married in 1855, but Stone refused to take her husband's last name, making her one of the first women in the United States to retain her maiden name after marriage. Stone helped found the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), which lobbied for women to have the right to vote. At the same time, another group of women, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, established the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). The American Woman Suffrage Association later merged with the National woman Suffrage Association. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04183
Subjects: Abolitionists--Ohio--History--19th century; Suffragists; Women--Ohio--History;
Places: Oberlin (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio); Massachusetts
 

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 Marguerite Rice Stewart of Norwalk, Ohio. Stewart (1872-1941) 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: "Marguerite Rice Stewart was born in Wilmington, Delaware, of old Colonial stock. Early in her married life, her interest in childhood and its conservation led her to espouse the Suffrage Cause where greater opportunities were sought for women in this work of conservation. With the full sympathy and cooperation of her husband, Mr. George S. Stewart, the Stewart Colonial home was the first to be opened to the propagandists of the Suffrage Cause, and Mrs. Stewart became the first Vice President of the Huron County Equal Franchise League, raising more than the county's quota of names in the petitions for the vote. The League of Women Voters was the fruition of the achieved Suffrage cause and Mrs. Stewart was made Director of the Thirteenth District of the Ohio League of Women Voters from its beginning to 1924. She was next unanimously elected Director at Large of the State League in 1924 in place of Miss Belle Sherwin, and since 1926 she has been a Trustee of the State League. For the year 1928-29 Mrs. Stewart was President of the Norwalk League of Women Voters, and has served as Finance Chairman, raising the League's quota almost year since its inception." 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_Stewart
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Norwalk (Ohio); Huron 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 Stella Hall Green of Cleveland, Ohio. Hall 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: "Stella Hall Green (Mrs. Frederick) was born in Aurora, Illinois. She later moved to Columbus where she became connected with Dr. Washington Gladden's Church, and was active in philanthropic work. She moved to Cleveland in 1888. A member of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association and the National League of Women Voters, she was a tireless and devoted worker for the suffrage movement. In Cleveland campaigns she was responsible for all of the night street meetings. She trained and organized a corps of speaker who responded on call to this difficult and unpleasant sort of speaking." 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_StellaHallGreen
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Lucia McCurdy McBride of Cleveland, Ohio. McBride (1881-1970) 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: "Lucia McCurdy McBride (Mrs. Malcolm L.) was born in Cleveland, educated there and abroad. She became interested in suffrage through the work of the College Equal Suffrage League, and joined the National American Woman's Suffrage Association, the Ohio Women's Suffrage Association, and the suffrage party of Greater Cleveland. At the formation of the League of Women Voters, she became one of its most active members and has been untiring in her support of League measures and activities. She is interested in all civic affairs, and is a warm champion of everything pertaining to the welfare of her city." 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_LuciaMcCurdyMcBride
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Mrs. Minnie Stanley of Dayton, Ohio. Stanley (1865-1943) 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. N. M. Stanley has been president of the League of Women Voters of Dayton ever since its organization in 1920. She is also first vice-president of the Ohio League of Women Voters and has with her characteristic devotion, farsightedness, and understanding, contributed much to the upbuilding of the Ohio and Dayton Leagues. She served as vice-president of the Montgomery County Suffrage Association for many years before women were enfranchised, and was also chairman of the Liberty Loan drives in Ohio during the war." 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_Stanley
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Lucretia Heston McPherson of Columbus, Ohio. McPherson (1874-1923) 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: "Lucretia Heston McPherson (1874-1923) was president of the Columbus Good Government League which was organized in 1917 from the Franklin County Suffrage Association to secure municipal suffrage, a member of the Board of the Franklin County Suffrage Association, member of the Columbus Board of Education and a leader in all causes for civic betterment." 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_LucretiaHestonMcPherson
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Portrait of Katherine Ogram Roberts of Cleveland, Ohio. Roberts 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: "Katherine Ogram Roberts was active in the suffrage movement from its organization in Cleveland in 1911 until the fight was won. She was chairman of the suffrage party of East Cleveland, for six years a member of the organizing board of the Greater Cleveland organization, and a member of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association. In 1916, Mrs. Roberts, as chairman of the East Cleveland Woman's Suffrage party, worked for the inclusion of woman's suffrage in the new city charter. The fight was won, and East Cleveland was the first city in the United States granting municipal suffrage to its women. Mrs. Roberts was always devoted to the suffrage cause and now gives her support to the 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_KatherineOgramRoberts
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)