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wOmAn suffrage in allen county

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FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS

Explore arguments promoting and defending women's enfranchisement as well as historical accounts of local, state, and national events. Click on the images below to expand the image to read.

Pro-Suffrage Opinions

Local & State Happenings

The Fight in the U. S. Congress

pro-suffrage opinions

Pro-Suffrage Opinions

Col. Theodore Roosevelt

The Lima Times Democrat, February 2, 1912

Local Newspaper's Support

The Lima Times Democrat, August 8, 1912

Lima Mayor Corbin Shook

The Lima Daily News, August 25, 1912

Bessie Crayton

Lima Republican Gazette, November 12, 1916

Opinion on President Wilson's Support

The Lima Daily News, January 12, 1918

President Woodrow Wilson

The Lima Daily News, September 30, 1918

Local Woman Celebrate 19th Amendment Ratifiction

The Lima Daily News - Times Democrat, August 18, 1920

local & state happenings

Local & State Happenings

"Miss Sylvia Pankhurst Heard by Hundreds"

The Lima Times Democrat, February 27, 1912

"Sylvia Pankhurst, Typically English, Earnest in Her Plea"

Lima Republican Gazette, February 27, 1912

"[Local] Women Suffrage Leaders Active"; Grace Clarke Visit

Lima Republican Gazette, April 4, 1912

"Suffrage Workers Go to Lafayette"

The Lima Times Democrat, August 1, 1912

Letter to the Editor about Local Suffragists

The Lima Daily News, August 21, 1912

"Rose Livingstone, With Price of $1,000 On Her Head, Fears and Attach in Lima"

The Lima Times Democrat, August 28, 1912

"Many Heard the Address"; LuLu Loveland Shepard Visit

The Lima Times Democrat, August 28, 1912

"County Teachers Indorse Suffrage for Both Sexes"

Lima Republican Gazette, August 31, 1912

"Suffrage Holds Center of the Stage in Ohio"

The Lima News, September 3, 1912

"Rose Livingstone, With Price of $1,000 On Her Head, Fears and Attack in Lima"

The Lima Daily News, September 28, 1914

"Ohio Labor Men Endorse Suffrage"

Newspaper Unknown, October 16, 1914

"Parade Plans are Completed"; "With the Band" poem

The Lima Daily News, October 19, 1914

the fight in u. s. congress

The Fight in the U. S. Congress

"Lines Drawn for Suffrage Contest in Congress Today"

Lima Republican Gazette, January 12, 1915

"Suffrage Fight Is On In House, Debate Lengthy"

The Lima Daily News, January 12, 1915

"House Rejects Suffrage"

Lima Republican Gazette, January 13, 1915

"Suffrage Wins By One Vote"

Lima Republican Gazette, January 11, 1918

"House Votes for Suffrage Amendment; Suffrage Leaders Here Disappointed"

Lima Republican Gazette, January 11, 1918

"Suffrage Has Close Call in the House"

The Lima Times Democrat, January 11, 1918

"Women's Battle Goes to Senate"

The Lima Daily News, January 11, 1918

"Suffrage Owes Its Victory to Friends of the Movement"

The Lima Daily News, January 11, 1918

"Wilson Leads Suffrage Fight"

Lima Republican Gazette, October 1, 1918

"Suffrage Beaten in Senate Today"

The Times Democrat, October 1, 1918

Suffrage Law Defeated by Senate Vote"

Lima Republican Gazette, October 2, 1918

"Suffrage To Get One More Margin"

The Times Democrat, October 2, 1918

voting results

Voting Results

1912 Sample Ballot

The Lima Times Democrat, August 10, 1912

"Ohio Voters Refuse Women the Ballot"

The Lima News, September 4, 1912, front page

September 1914 Results

The Lima Daily News, September 4, 1912

"1914 Polling Places in Lima"

Lima Repubican Gazette, November 2, 1913

"Woman Suffrage Decisively Defeated..."

The Lima Times Democrat, September 4, 1912

September 1914 Unofficial Vote

The Lima Times Democrat, September 4, 1912

"Home Rule Carries; Prohibition Loses"

The Lima Daily News, November 4, 1914

November 1914 Results

The Lima Daily News, November 4, 1914

November 1914 Vote by Precinct

Lima Republican Gazette, November 4, 1914

November 1917 Results

The Lima Times Democrat, November 8, 1917

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