http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/suffragette-city/ Chronicling an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:55:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/suffragette-city/#comment-756 Lucy Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:15:33 +0000 http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/?p=1366#comment-756 Actually, women were allowed to run for office prior to the ratification of the 19th amendment. The first female member of Congress, Jeannette Rankin http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=r000055 was elected in 1917 as a Republican from Montana. She was a suffragette and a pacifist who voted against American involvement in WWI. Some states, like Washington, 1910, allowed women to vote in state-wide elections prior to 1920. Also, many of the 13 original colonies allowed women to vote as long as they were landowners. New Jersey was the last state to revoke this right in 1807. The fight for Woman's suffrage was complex, and a lot of gains were made and then given up. http://dpsinfo.com/women/history/timeline.html Actually, women were allowed to run for office prior to the ratification of the 19th amendment. The first female member of Congress, Jeannette Rankin http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=r000055 was elected in 1917 as a Republican from Montana. She was a suffragette and a pacifist who voted against American involvement in WWI. Some states, like Washington, 1910, allowed women to vote in state-wide elections prior to 1920. Also, many of the 13 original colonies allowed women to vote as long as they were landowners. New Jersey was the last state to revoke this right in 1807. The fight for Woman’s suffrage was complex, and a lot of gains were made and then given up. http://dpsinfo.com/women/history/timeline.html

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