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A Century of Women's Suffrage: Mona Casts Her Ballot Within The Realm

    • Personal Journals

On this 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, I bring you the story of my Great-grandmother, Mona Perkins and her first experience with the ballot box. She was a young upstart, her independence scandalized the small Oklahoma town in which she lived. But her intention to vote in the 1920 election was too much for some of the menfolk...

On this 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, I bring you the story of my Great-grandmother, Mona Perkins and her first experience with the ballot box. She was a young upstart, her independence scandalized the small Oklahoma town in which she lived. But her intention to vote in the 1920 election was too much for some of the menfolk...

6 min