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who already had the ear of legislators through her own influence. Bissell did not believe that "political purification" of politics followed giving women the vote, therefore, she did not see an advantage to women in
Delaware voting. Other women feared voting would be an "insult" to their husbands or
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January 10, 1917. Suffragists began to be arrested for their picketing on July 14. The 16 suffragists were charged with "blocking traffic" and were to choose between paying a large fine or spending 60 days in jail. Hilles, who was also arrested for this charge, called it "a ridiculous frame-up."
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General Assembly adjourned on June 2, without approving the Nineteenth Amendment. Anti-suffragists "shouted and
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lent his automobile to the suffragists to help them campaign. Suffragists suggested in their campaigns that politicians who gave them the right to vote would be rewarded with a faithful base of voters. Women pressed for a special session to ratify the
Nineteenth Amendment. On March 22, 1920, the
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Assembly who were delaying the vote and anti-suffragist
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Delaware from suffragists in the state. As women in the state started to see evidence that the federal amendment would pass the U.S. Congress, suffragists set up a committee to organize campaigning efforts. McMahon returned to help organize and
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General Assembly convened the special session they were considering both women's suffrage and a tax issue for the schools. Suffragists held mass meetings throughout the state and brought in prominent speakers like Catt to campaign. NAWSA sent more organizers, including
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General Assembly. The suffragists had two hours in the morning to speak and the anti-suffragists had the same in the afternoon. Both groups had thirty minutes each session to provide
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tried to meet with
President Wilson to urge him to support women's suffrage. As munitions workers, Hilles and Boyle wanted to stress that they deserved the right to vote, since they contributed to WWI, too. In early 1919, Arniel, Boyle,
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as a gift, which became the suffrage army mascot and named Scouty. The suffrage army brought literature and gave speeches and other performances. The suffrage army also had their new horse, Lausanne, checked out by the local
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to lobby for ratification of the federal Amendment. Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. DESA and the Suffrage Committee of Delaware went on to become the
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to the cause. Hilles went on to plan the first large suffrage parade in Delaware which took place in Wilmington on May 2, 1914. The parade, which consisted of around 400 participants, ended at the
53:(DESA) formed in 1896, would become one of the major state suffrage clubs. Suffragists held conventions, continued to lobby the government and grow their movement. In 1913, a chapter of the
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She defended herself in court and tried to appeal to the patriotism of the judge. All of the women who were arrested for picketing refused to pay their fines. They were sent to
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were featured speakers. The petitions to the United States Congress to support a federal suffrage amendment had 11,118 names that were secured by 175 volunteers in the state.
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that "Everybody and his mother and sister is heading for the State Capitol." A large amount of suffrage resources were devoted to Delaware during this time. The Governor,
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exercises in June 1895. Teachers at the school also created the Wilmington Equal Suffrage Study Club (WESSC) on March 19, 1914. The founders of the group included
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Delay tactics in the General Assembly were made several times throughout the special session for various reasons. Senator Thomas F. Gormley, who was involved in
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convention hall. Suffragists displayed petitions that contained signatures of around 20,000 Delaware women who wanted women's suffrage. A suffragist from
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on women's suffrage. She pioneered new tactics in Delaware to support women's suffrage, such as holding "open-air rallies and speeches." Vernon hosted
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from Delaware went to jail the most times of any other American suffragist: eight times. Arniel also served a total of 103 days in jail all together.
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editorial. Thompson's influence in the House of the General Assembly kept the majority of the representatives from supporting women's suffrage.
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for the convention. The constitutional convention delegates permitted the suffragists to speak on January 13, 1897. The speakers included Catt,
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came to Delaware to help continue suffrage work in the state. Moore and Hay were involved in working on the state suffrage convention. The
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came to Delaware to provide further services organizing suffragists in the state. Suffragists sent petitions around the state and
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Army camps and WESSC was active in many different war efforts. Dunbar Nelson served on the Women's Committee of the
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community" and overall supported women's suffrage throughout their fight in Delaware. On February 18, 1913,
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held one of the first suffrage parades in the state in 1913. The area was a "
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1083:"Today in Herstory: Suffrage Hikers Descend on Wilmington, Delaware"
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2077:"First State marks anniversary of 19th Amendment"
1130:"Mrs. Cranston Marches Today in Suffrage Parade"
183:on November 18, 1895. The next year, organizers
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447:started setting watchfires with women from the
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1241:"Suffragists to Have Two State Organizations"
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1109:"Biographical Sketch of Emma Maria Lore"
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158:United States Senate Judiciary Committee
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344:Delaware Equal Suffrage Association
193:Delaware Equal Suffrage Association
150:American Woman Suffrage Association
51:Delaware Equal Suffrage Association
177:Women's Christian Temperance Union
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2144:"Delaware Suffragist Biographies"
2075:Irizarry, Joe (August 26, 2020).
1877:"Delaware and the 19th Amendment"
1558:"The 19th Amendment in Delaware"
780:Anti-suffragists also felt that
383:where suffragists held a rally.
222:and Catt took the signatures to
65:in Delaware. NWP advocated more
1024:"Parades, Marches, Processions"
848:Boylan, Anne M. (Summer 2019).
164:. On January 25, 1881, Stuart,
1788:Frank, Bill (April 17, 1977).
1060:Reflections on Delmarva's Past
1054:Dixon, Mike (March 28, 2015).
604:U.S. Constitutional Amendments
323:for picketing the White House.
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2164:The History of Woman Suffrage
2134:The History of Woman Suffrage
1562:Delaware Campus Library Blogs
1115:– via Alexander Street.
880:Frank, Bill (July 16, 1978).
311:Militant Delaware suffragists
252:In 1900, some women who paid
2580:Women's suffrage in Delaware
1901:"History of LWV of Delaware"
1354:Middletown, Delaware History
1290:"Trans-national connections"
1087:Feminist Majority Foundation
798:List of Delaware suffragists
381:New Castle County Courthouse
175:The Delaware chapter of the
73:and setting watchfires. The
1958:"African Americans and war"
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1247:. June 26, 1915. p. 10
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1136:. April 7, 1913. p. 10
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691:. They met at the home of
111:United States Constitution
1994:"Defending voting rights"
1432:"Suffrage during wartime"
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744:After the passage of the
288:Woman Suffrage Procession
162:Delaware General Assembly
47:Delaware General Assembly
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2142:Boylan, Anne M. (2020).
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363:, Grange meetings, and
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589:Georgetown, Delaware
557:. At the same time,
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455:Ratification efforts
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1907:. February 14, 2020
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1134:The Evening Journal
1089:. February 19, 2015
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685:Alice Dunbar Nelson
673:Mary Church Terrell
637:Sunday Morning Star
477:Carrie Chapman Catt
434:workers Hilles and
375:where she won over
373:Delaware State Fair
340:Congressional Union
232:Emalea Pusey Warner
228:Margaret W. Houston
212:Mary C. C. Bradford
208:Carrie Chapman Catt
181:Rachel Foster Avery
126:Rachel Foster Avery
55:Congressional Union
41:convention held in
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