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In 1915, the city of Fellsmere allowed municipal women's suffrage and Zena Dreier became the first legal women voter in the South on June 19. By 1919, several cities in Florida allowed women to vote in municipal elections. Florida did not take action on the Nineteenth Amendment, and only ratified it years later on May 13, 1969.
Feb 2, 2019 · Cast from a play put on by members of the Koreshan Unity in Estero, Florida in favor of women’s suffrage. The play was titled “Women, Women, Women, Suffragettes, Yes” (ca. 1910s). Empowered to vote, a number of women began running for public office in these towns, and in some cases they were victorious.
This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Florida. Ella C. Chamberlain began women's suffrage efforts in Florida starting in 1892. However, after Chamberlain leaves the state in 1897, suffrage work largely ceases until the next century.
In 1920, women in Florida gained the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting women the legal right to participate in elections. This marked a significant shift in Florida's political landscape, reflecting broader progressive reforms aimed at expanding democratic participation and promoting ...
Aug 8, 2014 · The Koreshan Unity, a religious group based in Estero, Florida, put their pro-suffrage stance in the form of a play entitled “Women, Women, Women, Suffragettes, Yes.”
As president of the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs (FFWC) from 1914 until 1917, May Mann Jennings used her political prowess to fight for causes including women’s suffrage, environmental conservation and prohibition.
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Oct 29, 2009 · The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the...
