List of Arkansas suffragists
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This is a list of Arkansas suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Arkansas.
- Arkansas Equal Suffrage Association (AESA), organized in 1888.[1]
- Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs (AFWC).[2]
- Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), formed in 1881.[1]
- The second iteration of the Arkansas Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), created in 1914.[3] It was also known as the Arkansas Equal Suffrage Central Committee (AESCC).[3]
- Washington County Women's Suffrage Association, formed in 1915.[2]
- Women's Political Equality League (PEL), starts meeting in 1913.[2]
Suffragists
- Freda Hogan Ameringer (Huntington).[2]
- Bernie Babcock (Little Rock).[4]
- Ida Jones Brooks (Little Rock).[5]
- Mary Burt Brooks.[6]
- Haryot Holt Cahoon.[7]
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway.[8]
- Fannie L. Chunn (Little Rock).[9]
- Florence Brown Cotnam (Little Rock).[8]
- Catherine Campbell Cunningham (Little Rock).[6]
- Alice S. Ellington.[3]
- Pauline Floyd (El Dorado).[2]
- Minnie Rutherford Fuller (Little Rock).[10][11]
- Lizzie Dorman Fyler (Eureka Springs).[1]
- Olive Gatlin Leigh.[12]
- Jean Vernor Jennings (Little Rock).[13]
- Adele Johnson (Hot Springs).[14]
- Mary W. Loughborough (Little Rock).[5]
- Josephine Miller (Little Rock).[15]
- James Mitchell (Little Rock).[16]
- Clara McDiarmid (Little Rock).[1]
- Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976) – author, advocate for women's suffrage, education reform and social justice in Arkansas.[17]
- Gertrude Watkins (Little Rock).[8][15]
Politicians supporting women's suffrage
- E.P. Hill.[2]
- Miles Ledford Langley (Arkadelphia).[1]
- John A. Riggs (Garland County).[5]
- George P. Whittington (Hot Springs).[5]
Places
Publications
- Woman's Chronicle.[1]