List of Washington (state) suffragists
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This is a list of Washington (state) suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Washington.
Suffragists
- Catharine Paine Blaine (1829–1908) – suffragist, teacher, and pioneer, one of the signers of the Declaration of Sentiments[1]
- Emma Smith DeVoe (1848–1927) – leading Washington State suffragist, founded the National Council of Women Voters.[2]
- Helga Estby (1860–1942) – Norwegian immigrant, noted for her walk across the United States during 1896 to save her family farm.[3]
- Linda Deziah Jennings (1870–1932) - editor of the Washington Women's Cook Book (1908).[4]
- May Arkwright Hutton (1860–1915) – suffrage leader and labor rights advocate in the Pacific Northwest.[5]
- Lucie Fulton Isaacs (1841–1916) — American writer, philanthropist; president of Walla Walla, Washington's suffrage association.[6]
- Alice Sampson Presto (1879–?) – Washington state suffragist and politician.[7]
- Lucy Robbins Messer Switzer (1844–1922) – established the suffrage movement in eastern Washington.[8]