Turning Points
in Wisconsin History
An activist relates how Wisconsin women won the ballot
How Wisconsin women won the ballot (1921)
On June 10, 1919, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a resolution ratifying the Federal Constitutional amendment abolishing sex as a qualification of voters. Theodora Youmans, who had been president of the Wisconsin Women's Suffrage Association 1913-1919, after Olympia Brown, recounts early events in that struggle(1846-1911) as an historian and later events (1912-1919) as an active participant.
| Related Topics: |
The Progressive Era The Woman's Suffrage Movement |
| Creator: | Youmans, Theodora Winton |
| Pub Data: | Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 5 (1921): 3-32 |
| Citation: | Youmans, Theodora. "How Wisconsin Women Won the Ballot." Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 5 (1921): 3-32. Online facsimile at: http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Contents/Suffrage.html; Visited on: 4/25/2024 |
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