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'''Ellis Meredith''' (1865-1955) was an American suffragist, known as the [[Susan B. Anthony]] of Colorado. <ref>http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/colosuff/doc28.htm</ref> She was born in Montana in 1865, and later she moved to Denver, where she joined the ''Rocky Mountain News'' in 1893. <ref>http://denvershistory.weebly.com/ellis-meredith-bio.html</ref> <ref>http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/colosuff/doc28.htm</ref> She began writing the column ''A Woman's World'' for the |
'''Ellis Meredith''' (1865-1955) was an American suffragist, known as the [[Susan B. Anthony]] of Colorado. <ref>http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/colosuff/doc28.htm</ref> She was born in Montana in 1865, and later she moved to Denver, where she joined the ''Rocky Mountain News'' in 1893. <ref>http://denvershistory.weebly.com/ellis-meredith-bio.html</ref> <ref>http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/colosuff/doc28.htm</ref> She began writing the column ''A Woman's World'' for the ''News'' in 1889, where she (among other things) advocated women's suffrage. <ref>http://coloradogambler.com/trails-end-ellis-meredith-got-the-vote-for-colorado-women/</ref> In 1890 she and five other women founded the [[Colorado Non-Partisan Equal Suffrage Association]]. <ref>http://coloradogambler.com/trails-end-ellis-meredith-got-the-vote-for-colorado-women/</ref> In 1893 she went to the Woman’s Congress at the Chicago World’s Fair in August 1893 to ask for help from [[Susan B. Anthony]] and [[Lucy Stone]], leading suffrage activists, saying, "If Colorado goes for woman suffrage, you may count on a landslide in that direction throughout the west." <ref>http://coloradogambler.com/trails-end-ellis-meredith-got-the-vote-for-colorado-women/</ref> Susan B. Anthony agreed to send organizer [[Carrie Chapman Catt]] to help, and Meredith wrote to Anthony |
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Revision as of 22:18, 19 March 2014
Ellis Meredith (1865-1955) was an American suffragist, known as the Susan B. Anthony of Colorado. [1] She was born in Montana in 1865, and later she moved to Denver, where she joined the Rocky Mountain News in 1893. [2] [3] She began writing the column A Woman's World for the News in 1889, where she (among other things) advocated women's suffrage. [4] In 1890 she and five other women founded the Colorado Non-Partisan Equal Suffrage Association. [5] In 1893 she went to the Woman’s Congress at the Chicago World’s Fair in August 1893 to ask for help from Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone, leading suffrage activists, saying, "If Colorado goes for woman suffrage, you may count on a landslide in that direction throughout the west." [6] Susan B. Anthony agreed to send organizer Carrie Chapman Catt to help, and Meredith wrote to Anthony
References
- ^ http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/colosuff/doc28.htm
- ^ http://denvershistory.weebly.com/ellis-meredith-bio.html
- ^ http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/colosuff/doc28.htm
- ^ http://coloradogambler.com/trails-end-ellis-meredith-got-the-vote-for-colorado-women/
- ^ http://coloradogambler.com/trails-end-ellis-meredith-got-the-vote-for-colorado-women/
- ^ http://coloradogambler.com/trails-end-ellis-meredith-got-the-vote-for-colorado-women/