This is a list of Delaware suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Delaware.
Groups[edit]
- Arden Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1912.[1]
- Congressional Union (CU).[2]
- Delaware Equal Suffrage Association (DESA), formed in 1895.[3][4]
- Delaware Suffrage Association, formed in 1869.[2]
- Equal Suffrage Study Club.[5]
- New Castle Equal Suffrage Association.[6]
- Newport Equal Suffrage Association.[6]
- National Women's Party (NWP).[2]
- Wilmington Equal Suffrage Club (or Association), formed in 1895.[2]
- Wilmington Equal Suffrage Suffrage Study Club (WESSC).[7]
- Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Delaware.[2]
Suffragists[edit]
- Helen Wormley Anderson .[8]
- Annie Arniel (Wilmington).[9]
- Rachel Foster Avery (Wilmington).[10]
- Anna Cootsman Bach.[8]
- Alice Gertrude Baldwin (Wilmington).[2]
- Ida Perkins Ball.[8]
- Mary Richardson Bancroft.[8]
- Naomi Barrett (Wilmington).[9]
- Catherine Boyle (New Castle).[9]
- Mary Clare Brassington.[2]
- Mary E. Brown (Wilmington).[11]
- Eleanor Morris Burnet.[8]
- Emma Jester Burnett.[8]
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary (Wilmington).[9]
- Martha Churchman Cranston.[2]
- Mary R. De Vou (Wilmington).[12]
- Mabel F. Donahoe.[8]
- Bessie Spence Dorrell.[5]
- Agnes Y. Downey (Wilmington).[13]
- Rose Lippincott Hizar Duggin.[8]
- Josephine Anderson du Pont.[8]
- Mary Seward Pillips Eskridge.[8]
- Sallie Topkis Ginns (Wilmington).[8]
- Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton.[8]
- Rosewell Hammond.[8]
- Florence Hilles (New Castle).[9]
- Robert G. Houston (Georgetown).[14]
- Margaret W. Houston.[3]
- Caroline Taylor Hughes.[8]
- Ella W. Johnson.[8]
- Etta Gray Jones (Bridgeville).[15]
- Margaret Harrigon Kent.[8]
- Marie T. Lockwood (Middletown).[16]
- Emma Maria Lore (Wilmington).[17]
- Annie J. Magee (Wilmington).[18]
- Mary H. Askew Mather.[8]
- Mary E. Marchand Milligan.[8]
Alice Dunbar Nelson - Winifred Morris.[8]
- Anna Fisher Morse.[8]
- Alice Dunbar Nelson (Wilmington).[5]
- Nellie B. Nicholson (Wilmington).[19]
- Gertrude Fulton Nields.[8]
- Mary Ospina (Wilmington).[2][20]
- Jane White Pennewill.[8]
- Mary Price Phillips.[8]
- Adelina Piunti (New Castle).[21]
- Mabel Lloyd Ridgely (Dover).[2]
- Eva Halpern Robin.[2]
- Elizabeth G. Robinson.[3]
- Willabelle Shurter.[8]
- Frank Stephens (Arden).[22]
- Mary Ann Sorden Stuart (Greenwood).[2]
- Blanche Williams Stubbs (Wilmington).[5]
- Emma Gibson Sykes (Wilmington).[5]
- Mabel Vernon (Wilmington).[9]
- Elizabeth Walling.[3]
- Emalea Pusey Warner.[2]
- Sadie Monroe Waters (Greenwood).[23]
- Anna Beauchamp Reynolds Wedler.[8]
- Caroline B. Williams (Wilmington).[19]
- Mary J. Johnson Woodlen (Wilmington).[2]
- Emma Worrell.[2]
Politicians in support of women's suffrage[edit]
Places[edit]
- Hotel DuPont (Wilmington).[13]
- New Castle County Courthouse (New Castle).[25]
Suffragists who campaigned in Delaware[edit]
- Lida Stokes Adams.[22]
- Lucy E. Anthony.[26]
- Susan B. Anthony.[2]
- Mary C. C. Bradford.[3]
- Carrie Chapman Catt.[9]
- Mary Ware Dennett.[1]
- Susan S. Fessenden.[26]
- Helen Hoy Greeley.[27]
- Laura A. Gregg.[3]
- Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale.[6]
- Florence Jaffray Harriman.[6]
- Mary Garrett Hay.[10]
- Elsie Hill.[2]
- Diana Hirschler.[3]
- Anna Maxwell Jones.[27]
- Rosalie Jones.[1]
- Belva Lockwood.[2]
- Maria McMahon.[24]
- Harriet May Mills.[6]
- Henrietta G. Moore.[10]
- Emmeline Pankhurst.[2]
- Maud Wood Park.[6]
- Jeannette Rankin.[2]
- Anna Howard Shaw.[3]
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton.[2]
- Mary Church Terrell.[2]
- Lola Trax.[13]
- Harriet Taylor Upton.[1]
- Narcissa Cox Vanderlip.[6]
- Mary Heald Way.[3]
- Mary Winsor.[26]
Anti-suffragists[edit]
Groups
- Delaware Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (DAOWS), formed in 1914.[2][28]
People
- Elizabeth du Pont Bayard.[28]
- Amy du Pont.[28]
- Emily Bissell (Wilmington).[2]
- May du Pont Saulsbury.[28]
- Mary Wilson Thompson (Greenville).[2][28]
Politicians
- Henry P. Scott.[19]
See also[edit]
- Timeline of women's suffrage in Delaware
- Women's suffrage in Delaware
- Women's suffrage in states of the United States
- Women's suffrage in the United States
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Harper 1922, p. 89.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Boylan, Anne M. (Summer 2019). "Delaware Women's Suffrage Timeline" (PDF). Delaware Historical Society. League of Women Voters. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Anthony 1902, p. 564.
- ^ Hoffecker 1983, p. 150.
- ^ a b c d e Stopyra, Diane (17 August 2020). "African American suffragists". UDaily. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g Harper 1922, p. 86.
- ^ "Delaware and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Boylan, Anne M. (September 2019). "Delaware Suffrage Leaders" (PDF). Women's Vote Delaware. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Suffragists in Delaware". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ a b c Anthony 1902, p. 563.
- ^ Cantoran-Torres, Veronica; Miles, Cameron. "Biographical Sketch of Mary E. Brown". Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ Boylan 2020, p. 22.
- ^ a b c Harper 1922, p. 91.
- ^ Harper 1922, p. 98-99.
- ^ Bramhall, Sue (17 March 2020). "Local suffragists deserve recognition and thanks". Cape Gazette. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "The Suffrage Shebang: Middletown and Women's Suffrage -". Middletown, Delaware History. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ Turrell, Kate. "Biographical Sketch of Emma Maria Lore". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ DiMarco, Gabriella; Shields, Maeve. "Biographical Sketch of Annie J. Magee [or McGee]". Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ a b c Englehart, Lora Bilton (2020-07-24). "We Look Back at Delaware's Integral Role in the Fight for Women's Voting Rights". Delaware Today. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ Boylan, Anne M. "Biographical Sketch of Mary A. Ospina". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ Hall, Colleen. "Biographical Sketch of Adelina Piunti (DiSabatino)". Biographical Database of Militant Woman Suffragists, 1913-1920 – via Alexander Street.
- ^ a b Harper 1922, p. 88.
- ^ Boylan, Anne M. (20 October 2020). "Bridgeville's Sadie Waters and the 19th Amendment". Cape Gazette. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ a b Harper 1922, p. 92.
- ^ Hoffecker 1983, p. 155.
- ^ a b c Harper 1922, p. 87.
- ^ a b Harper 1922, p. 90.
- ^ a b c d e "The Anti-suffragists". Votes for Delaware Women. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
Sources[edit]
- Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
- Boylan, Anne M. (2020). "Delaware Suffragist Biographies" (PDF). Women's Vote.
- Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
- Hoffecker, Carol E. (Spring 1983). "Delaware's Woman Suffrage Campaign" (PDF). Delaware History. 20 (3): 149–167.