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: 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; Botanists
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)
 

Description: Portrait of Miss Olive Colton of Toledo, Ohio. Colton (1873-1972) 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: "Olive A. Colton, one of Toledo's outstanding citizens, is being placed on the State Roll of Honor by the Toledo League, of which she has been the inspirational genius since its organization. She was a vice-president during the first three years of its existence, was president for two years, and has since been a director. At the annual meeting of the Toledo League, Miss Colton was elected Honorary President for life. She was a member of the State Board for two years and has served the State and National League in various ways. Miss Colton has contributed articles on Peace, Adventures of a Woman Voter, and Adventures in Philanthropy to Scribner's, the Outlook, and the Survey. She has helped to bring about a Domestic Relations Court in Lucas County; to bring about a Street Trades Ordinance for Toledo; to bring an end to the discriminatory compulsory examination of women vice offenders; and is one of Toledo's most ardent workers for World Peace. Miss Colton is a trustee of the Consumer's League, and Treasurer of the Information Bureau of Woman's Work." 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_OliveColton
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio);
 

Description: Portrait of Miss Juliette Sessions of Columbus, Ohio. Sessions (1887-1929) 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: "Juliette Sessions was active in the suffrage Association and one of the organizers of the State League of Women Voters and a president of that organization. She was a member of the Board of the Franklin County League of Women Voters from its inception. She was for some time a member of the Columbus Board of Education and president for several years." 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_JulietteSessions
Subjects: Women--Suffrage; Social movements; League of Women Voters of Ohio; Suffragists; Activism; Educators
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing the South Newbury Union Chapel, a noted site in suffrage history where a small group of women illegally cast ballots in a local election in 1871, becoming the first female voters in Ohio's history. The chapel was originally constructed in 1858 after future president James A. Garfield, then a teacher at Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, was denied permission to speak at a nearby Congregational Church due to potentially controversial subject matter. The Women’s Suffrage and Political Club would be organized at the chapel in 1874--the second such organization in Ohio and one of the earliest in the country--and it was also used as a speaking venue for suffrage activists including Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Ellen Munn and Harriet Taylor Upton. This item comes from the Frances Jennings Casement Papers, a manuscript collection comprised of letters and association records related to the founding and leadership of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association. Casement (1840-1928) was born in Painesville, Ohio, and graduated from Painesville Academy and Willoughby Female Seminary. Her father, Charles Casement, supported abolition and women's suffrage and encouraged Frances to be active in social causes. Frances Casement established the Painesville Equal Rights Association in 1883, and shortly after became involved in the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, serving as its president from 1885 to 1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS510_B01F77_UnionChapel
Subjects: Ohio Women; Civil Liberties; Suffrage; Suffragists; Social movements; Chapels -- Ohio;
Places: South Newbury (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph identified as Julia P. Green hanging a wreath on the Centennial Oak in South Newbury, Ohio, August 23, 1919. The oak was planted July 4, 1876, by the Women's Suffrage and Political Club in Newbury in honor of the United States Centennial. Its location was chosen to be across from the South Newbury Union Chapel, a noted site in suffrage history where a small group of women illegally cast ballots in a local election in 1871, becoming the first female voters in Ohio's history. The chapel was originally constructed in 1858 after future president James A. Garfield, then a teacher at Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, was denied permission to speak at a nearby Congregational Church due to potentially controversial subject matter. The Women’s Suffrage and Political Club would be organized at the chapel in 1874--the second such organization in Ohio and one of the earliest in the country--and it was also used as a speaking venue for suffrage activists including Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Ellen Munn and Harriet Taylor Upton. Dr. Julia Green, M.D., was involved in suffrage work and other progressive movements in town, and served as an officer in the Women's Suffrage and Political Club. This item comes from the Frances Jennings Casement Papers, a manuscript collection comprised of letters and association records related to the founding and leadership of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association. Casement (1840-1928) was born in Painesville, Ohio, and graduated from Painesville Academy and Willoughby Female Seminary. Her father, Charles Casement, supported abolition and women's suffrage and encouraged Frances to be active in social causes. Frances Casement established the Painesville Equal Rights Association in 1883, and shortly after became involved in the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, serving as its president from 1885 to 1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS510_B01F77_GreenOak
Subjects: Ohio Women; Civil Liberties; Suffrage; Suffragists; Social movements; Women in medicine
Places: South Newbury (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the Centennial Oak on the old D. W. Allen farm in South Newbury, Ohio, August 23, 1919. The oak was planted July 4, 1876, by the Women's Suffrage and Political Club in Newbury in honor of the United States Centennial. Its location was chosen to be across from the South Newbury Union Chapel, a noted site in suffrage history where a small group of women illegally cast ballots in a local election in 1871, becoming the first female voters in Ohio's history. The chapel was originally constructed in 1858 after future president James A. Garfield, then a teacher at Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, was denied permission to speak at a nearby Congregational Church due to potentially controversial subject matter. The Women’s Suffrage and Political Club would be organized at the chapel in 1874--the second such organization in Ohio and one of the earliest in the country--and it was also used as a speaking venue for suffrage activists including Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Ellen Munn and Harriet Taylor Upton. This item comes from the Frances Jennings Casement Papers, a manuscript collection comprised of letters and association records related to the founding and leadership of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association. Casement (1840-1928) was born in Painesville, Ohio, and graduated from Painesville Academy and Willoughby Female Seminary. Her father, Charles Casement, supported abolition and women's suffrage and encouraged Frances to be active in social causes. Frances Casement established the Painesville Equal Rights Association in 1883, and shortly after became involved in the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, serving as its president from 1885 to 1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS510_B01F77_CentennialOak
Subjects: Ohio Women; Civil Liberties; Suffrage; Suffragists; Ohio League of Women Voters; Social movements;
Places: South Newbury (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1891, this photograph shows women's rights activists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton sitting together. The two activists met in 1851 at an anti-slavery meeting in Seneca Falls, New York, and joined forces to launch the national women's suffrage movement and published the newspaper The Revolution. Together they founded the New York Women's State Temperance Society, Women's Loyal National American Equal Rights Association, and the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1903_01
Subjects: Suffragists; Abolitionists; Temperance; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Women authors; Women's rights; Women--Suffrage