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Timeline of women's suffrage in Virginia

October 28, 2023

This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Virginia. While there were some very early efforts to support women's suffrage in Virginia, most of the activism for the vote for women occurred early in the 20th century. The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was formed in 1909 and the Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (later the National Woman's Party) was formed in 1915. Over the next years, women held rallies, conventions and many propositions for women's suffrage were introduced in the Virginia General Assembly. Virginia didn't ratify the Nineteenth Amendment until 1952. Native American women could not have a full vote until 1924 and African American women were effectively disenfranchised until the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965.

Virginia Congressional Union booth at the Virginia State Fair in 1916

18th century Edit

1770s Edit

1778

19th century Edit

1870s Edit

1870

1871

  • November: Bodeker attempts to vote in a municipal election in Virginia.[2]

1890s Edit

1893

  • The Virginia Suffrage Society is formed by Orra Gray Langhorne.[3]

1895

20th century Edit

1900s Edit

1900

1902

1909

1910s Edit

 
Suffrage speech April 10, 1916, near Norfolk, Virginia

1910

1911

1912

1913

  • The third state suffrage convention is held in Lynchburg.[7]

1914

  • March: The House of Delegates rejects amending the state constitution to allow woman suffrage.[12]
  • May 2: Suffrage demonstration is held on the steps of the Virginia State Capitol.[7]
  • October: A monthly newspaper, the Virginia Suffrage News, is created.[11][13]
  • The fourth state suffrage convention is held in Roanoke.[7]
  • Another suffrage amendment is brought up in the House of the General Assembly.[5]

1915

  • From May till Thanksgiving, women held "street meetings" on women's suffrage in Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, and Warrenton.[7]
  • May 1: A May Day celebration is held at the Capitol building, with suffragists hosting booths, selling buttons, flags and copies of the Woman's Journal.[7]
  • June 10: The Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage is organized in Richmond with Sophie G. Meredith as chair.[9]
  • December: The fifth state suffrage convention is held in Richmond.[7] Around 200 delegates marched to the governor's office.[14]

1916

  • February: The House of Delegates rejects amending the state constitution to allow woman suffrage.[15]
  • October: Aviator, Katharine Stinson, drops women's suffrage leaflets on behalf of the Virginia Congressional Union over the Virginia State Fair during the airshow.[16]
  • The sixth state suffrage convention was held in Norfolk.[17]
  • A third suffrage amendment is proposed in the House and the Senate of the General Assembly.[5]

1917

  • January 29 – February 2: Suffrage school is conducted in Richmond in concert with NAWSA.[17]
  • November: The seventh state convention on women's suffrage is held in Richmond.[17]
  • November 15: The Night of Terror takes place in the Occoquan Workhouse.[18]
  • December: Virginia sends the largest suffrage delegation to the National Suffrage convention in Washington, D.C.[17]

1919

 
Virginia Equal Suffrage League convention photo from November 1919
  • August 13: The General Assembly came together for a special session and suffragists used this time to learn politicians' positions on women's suffrage.[19]
  • November: State suffrage convention is held in Richmond.[20]

1920s Edit

1920

  • February 12: The Virginia General Assembly votes against ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment.[21]
  • August 26: The Nineteenth Amendment is declared ratified.[22]
  • September: The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia dissolves and becomes the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Virginia.[11][23]
  • September 2 – October 2: between 75,000 and 100,000 white and African American women register to vote in Virginia[9]
  • November 10: LWV of Virginia holds their first meeting.[23]

1924

  • Native American women are given the rights to vote.[24]

1950s Edit

1952

1960s Edit

1965

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Harper 1922, p. 665.
  2. ^ a b c d e McDaid, Jennifer Davis. "Woman Suffrage in Virginia". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Women's Suffrage in Virginia". Virginia Places. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Anthony 1902, p. 964.
  5. ^ a b c d Harper 1922, p. 669.
  6. ^ a b Graham 1993, p. 233.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Harper 1922, p. 666.
  8. ^ Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Supt. of Public Printing. 1912. p. 364.
  9. ^ a b c Tarter, Brent, Marianne E. Julienne, and Barbara C. Batson (2020). The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia. Charleston, S.C.: The History Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-4671-4419-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Deal, John (June 17, 2020). "Woman Suffrage - The Vanguard of Socialism". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d "Women's Suffrage in Virginia". W&M Women's Law Society. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  12. ^ Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Supt. of Public Printing. 1914. p. 872.
  13. ^ Johnson, Olin (July 12, 2017). "Virginia Suffrage News". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  14. ^ Harper 1922, p. 666-667.
  15. ^ The Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Supt. of Public Printing. 1916. p. 601.
  16. ^ Julienne, Mari (June 10, 2020). "'Freedom, justice and true democracy': The Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage". The UncommonWealth. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  17. ^ a b c d Harper 1922, p. 667.
  18. ^ Coker, Kathy (April 23, 2020). "A Glimpse at Virginia's Organized Woman Suffrage Movement: Part II". Richmond Public Library. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  19. ^ Harper 1922, p. 670.
  20. ^ Harper 1922, p. 668.
  21. ^ "Virginia and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  22. ^ "Women's Suffrage: Tennessee and the Passage of the 19th Amendment". Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  23. ^ a b c Heymann, Amelia; North, Emma (August 26, 2020). "1920 to 2020: 100 years of women's suffrage in Virginia". 8News. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  24. ^ "Suffrage Centennial Celebration". City of Fairfax, VA. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  25. ^ "Documentary Commemorates the Women's Suffrage Centennial in Virginia". VPM.org. August 7, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.

Sources Edit

  • Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
  • Graham, Sara Hunter (April 1993). "Woman Suffrage in Virginia: The Equal Suffrage League and Pressure-Group Politics, 1909–1920". Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 101 (2): 227–250. JSTOR 4249352 – via JSTOR.
  • Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.

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This is a timeline of women s suffrage in Virginia While there were some very early efforts to support women s suffrage in Virginia most of the activism for the vote for women occurred early in the 20th century The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was formed in 1909 and the Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage later the National Woman s Party was formed in 1915 Over the next years women held rallies conventions and many propositions for women s suffrage were introduced in the Virginia General Assembly Virginia didn t ratify the Nineteenth Amendment until 1952 Native American women could not have a full vote until 1924 and African American women were effectively disenfranchised until the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965 Virginia Congressional Union booth at the Virginia State Fair in 1916 Contents 1 18th century 1 1 1770s 2 19th century 2 1 1870s 2 2 1890s 3 20th century 3 1 1900s 3 2 1910s 3 3 1920s 3 4 1950s 3 5 1960s 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Sources18th century Edit1770s Edit 1778 Hannah Lee Corbin from Gloucester County protests women s taxation without representation 1 19th century Edit1870s Edit 1870 The Virginia State Woman Suffrage Association VSWSA is formed by Anna Whitehead Bodeker 2 1871 November Bodeker attempts to vote in a municipal election in Virginia 2 1890s Edit 1893 The Virginia Suffrage Society is formed by Orra Gray Langhorne 3 1895 Susan B Anthony gives a suffrage speech in Culpeper 4 20th century Edit1900s Edit 1900 Carrie Chapman Catt urges Virginia to adopt women s suffrage in the next constitutional convention 5 1902 Virginia disenfranchises many voters including African Americans poor whites and Republicans during the state convention 6 A literacy test and poll tax is required for voters 6 1909 November 27 The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia is founded in the home of Anne Clay Crenshaw 3 2 1910s Edit nbsp Suffrage speech April 10 1916 near Norfolk Virginia1910 February The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia affiliates with the National American Woman Suffrage Association NAWSA 2 1911 The first state suffrage convention was held in Richmond with delegates from Norfolk Lynchburg Williamsburg and Highland Springs 7 1912 February The House of Delegates rejects a resolution to amend the state constitution to allow woman suffrage 8 July The National Association of Colored Women NACW holds their convention in Hampton where they have sessions on women s suffrage and the women s clubs of Hampton and Norfolk state a suffrage parade as part of the convention s activities 2 9 The Virginia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage is formed 10 The Men s Equal Suffrage League of Virginia is formed 11 The second state suffrage convention is held in Norfolk 7 A resolution for women s suffrage is proposed in the House of the Virginia General Assembly by Hill Montague 5 1913 The third state suffrage convention is held in Lynchburg 7 1914 March The House of Delegates rejects amending the state constitution to allow woman suffrage 12 May 2 Suffrage demonstration is held on the steps of the Virginia State Capitol 7 October A monthly newspaper the Virginia Suffrage News is created 11 13 The fourth state suffrage convention is held in Roanoke 7 Another suffrage amendment is brought up in the House of the General Assembly 5 1915 From May till Thanksgiving women held street meetings on women s suffrage in Lynchburg Newport News Norfolk Portsmouth Richmond and Warrenton 7 May 1 A May Day celebration is held at the Capitol building with suffragists hosting booths selling buttons flags and copies of the Woman s Journal 7 June 10 The Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage is organized in Richmond with Sophie G Meredith as chair 9 December The fifth state suffrage convention is held in Richmond 7 Around 200 delegates marched to the governor s office 14 1916 February The House of Delegates rejects amending the state constitution to allow woman suffrage 15 October Aviator Katharine Stinson drops women s suffrage leaflets on behalf of the Virginia Congressional Union over the Virginia State Fair during the airshow 16 The sixth state suffrage convention was held in Norfolk 17 A third suffrage amendment is proposed in the House and the Senate of the General Assembly 5 1917 January 29 February 2 Suffrage school is conducted in Richmond in concert with NAWSA 17 November The seventh state convention on women s suffrage is held in Richmond 17 November 15 The Night of Terror takes place in the Occoquan Workhouse 18 December Virginia sends the largest suffrage delegation to the National Suffrage convention in Washington D C 17 1919 nbsp Virginia Equal Suffrage League convention photo from November 1919August 13 The General Assembly came together for a special session and suffragists used this time to learn politicians positions on women s suffrage 19 November State suffrage convention is held in Richmond 20 1920s Edit 1920 February 12 The Virginia General Assembly votes against ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment 21 August 26 The Nineteenth Amendment is declared ratified 22 September The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia dissolves and becomes the League of Women Voters LWV of Virginia 11 23 September 2 October 2 between 75 000 and 100 000 white and African American women register to vote in Virginia 9 November 10 LWV of Virginia holds their first meeting 23 1924 Native American women are given the rights to vote 24 1950s Edit 1952 February 21 Virginia ratifies the Nineteenth Amendment 11 1960s Edit 1965 The Passage of the Voting Rights Act ends voter suppression against African American women 25 23 See also EditList of Virginia suffragists Women s suffrage in Virginia Women s suffrage in the United StatesReferences Edit Harper 1922 p 665 a b c d e McDaid Jennifer Davis Woman Suffrage in Virginia Encyclopedia Virginia Retrieved October 9 2020 a b Women s Suffrage in Virginia Virginia Places Retrieved October 8 2020 Anthony 1902 p 964 a b c d Harper 1922 p 669 a b Graham 1993 p 233 a b c d e f g h Harper 1922 p 666 Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia Richmond Va Supt of Public Printing 1912 p 364 a b c Tarter Brent Marianne E Julienne and Barbara C Batson 2020 The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia Charleston S C The History Press p 52 ISBN 978 1 4671 4419 3 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Deal John June 17 2020 Woman Suffrage The Vanguard of Socialism The UncommonWealth Retrieved October 9 2020 a b c d Women s Suffrage in Virginia W amp M Women s Law Society Retrieved October 10 2020 Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia Richmond Va Supt of Public Printing 1914 p 872 Johnson Olin July 12 2017 Virginia Suffrage News The UncommonWealth Retrieved October 10 2020 Harper 1922 p 666 667 The Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia Richmond Va Supt of Public Printing 1916 p 601 Julienne Mari June 10 2020 Freedom justice and true democracy The Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage The UncommonWealth Retrieved October 9 2020 a b c d Harper 1922 p 667 Coker Kathy April 23 2020 A Glimpse at Virginia s Organized Woman Suffrage Movement Part II Richmond Public Library Retrieved October 10 2020 Harper 1922 p 670 Harper 1922 p 668 Virginia and the 19th Amendment U S National Park Service Retrieved October 10 2020 Women s Suffrage Tennessee and the Passage of the 19th Amendment Tennessee Secretary of State Retrieved October 10 2020 a b c Heymann Amelia North Emma August 26 2020 1920 to 2020 100 years of women s suffrage in Virginia 8News Retrieved October 10 2020 Suffrage Centennial Celebration City of Fairfax VA Retrieved October 10 2020 Documentary Commemorates the Women s Suffrage Centennial in Virginia VPM org August 7 2020 Retrieved October 10 2020 Sources Edit Anthony Susan B 1902 Anthony Susan B Harper Ida Husted eds The History of Woman Suffrage Vol 4 Indianapolis The Hollenbeck Press Graham Sara Hunter April 1993 Woman Suffrage in Virginia The Equal Suffrage League and Pressure Group Politics 1909 1920 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 101 2 227 250 JSTOR 4249352 via JSTOR Harper Ida Husted 1922 The History of Woman Suffrage New York J J Little amp Ives Company Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Timeline of women 27s suffrage in Virginia amp oldid 1175595517, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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