List of Minnesota suffragists

This is a list of Minnesota suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Minnesota.

Groups

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Suffragists

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  • Sarah Tarleton Colvin (1865–1949) – chairman of the Minnesota chapter of the National Woman's Party, arrested during the "Watchfire for Freedom" demonstrations.[1]
  • Nellie Griswold Francis (1874–1969) – founded and led the Everywoman Suffrage Club, an African-American suffragist group in Minnesota, civil rights and anti-lynching activist.[2]

Suffragists campaigning in Minnesota

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Sarah Tarleton Colvin - Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  2. ^ "Women's suffrage bill". The Nashville Globe. October 20, 1918. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers of Margaret Foley, 1847-1968". Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Retrieved 7 August 2024.