suffrage
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During the First World War she moved to London to help the Worker's Suffrage Foundation campaign for women to get the vote and she never lived in Glasgow again, eventually settling in Bristol.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
“I still to this day do not know her politics,” said Susan Combs, who served at the Department of the Interior during the Trump administration and chaired the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission with Shogan.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2022
She was a leader of the Alpha Suffrage movement, one of the founders of the National Association of Colored Women and one of the founders of the NAACP.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022
They founded the American Woman Suffrage Association to support the 15th Amendment for Black men’s vote, figuring that the amendment wouldn’t pass if women were included.
From National Geographic Kids • Feb. 25, 2020
The National Woman Suffrage Association’s annual meeting was taking place down the street, so the women decided to suspend their morning events in order to listen to Woodhull make her presentation.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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