42 min
S02 E06 Illinois: Creative Strategies and Coalitions Lead to Ratification Her March to Democracy
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In this episode on Illinois, Lori Osborne, Director of the Evanston Women’s History Project, discusses the struggle for the women’s vote at sites on the National Votes for Women Trail.We talk about stories of people and events of the IL campaign:Ida B. Wells-Barnett founded the Alpha Suffrage Club with Belle Squire in 1913, which was the first organization to promote suffrage for Black women in Chicago.Jane Addams advocated for women’s suffrage in order to enact laws that pertained to improve...
In this episode on Illinois, Lori Osborne, Director of the Evanston Women’s History Project, discusses the struggle for the women’s vote at sites on the National Votes for Women Trail.We talk about stories of people and events of the IL campaign:Ida B. Wells-Barnett founded the Alpha Suffrage Club with Belle Squire in 1913, which was the first organization to promote suffrage for Black women in Chicago.Jane Addams advocated for women’s suffrage in order to enact laws that pertained to improve...
42 min