This is a list of Delaware suffragists, suffrage groups and others associated with the cause of women's suffrage in Delaware.

Groups

* Arden Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1912. *

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(CU). *Delaware Equal Suffrage Association (DESA), formed in 1895. *Delaware Suffrage Association, formed in 1869. *Equal Suffrage Study Club. *New Castle Equal Suffrage Association. *Newport Equal Suffrage Association. * National Women's Party (NWP). *Wilmington Equal Suffrage Club (or Association), formed in 1895. *Wilmington Equal Suffrage Suffrage Study Club (WESSC). *Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Delaware.

Suffragists

* Helen Wormley Anderson . *

Annie Arniel Annie Arniel (May 1873 – February 9, 1924) was a suffragist and women's rights advocate. Born in Harrington, Delaware, United States, as Anna L. Melvin, she married George Arniel of Canada and was widowed in 1910. Annie played a key role in hel ...

( Wilmington). *

Rachel Foster Avery Rachel Foster Avery (December 30, 1858 – October 26, 1919) was active in the American women's suffrage movement during the late 19th century, working closely with Susan B. Anthony and other movement leaders. She rose to be corresponding secr ...

(Wilmington). * Anna Cootsman Bach. * Alice Gertrude Baldwin (Wilmington). * Ida Perkins Ball. * Mary Richardson Bancroft. * Naomi Barrett (Wilmington). * Catherine Boyle ( New Castle). * Mary Clare Brassington. *

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(Wilmington). * Eleanor Morris Burnet. * Emma Jester Burnett. * Mary Ann Shadd Cary (Wilmington). * Martha Churchman Cranston. * Mary R. De Vou (Wilmington). * Mabel F. Donahoe. * Bessie Spence Dorrell. * Agnes Y. Downey (Wilmington). * Rose Lippincott Hizar Duggin. * Josephine Anderson du Pont. * Mary Seward Pillips Eskridge. *

Sallie Topkis Ginns Sallie Topkis Ginns (May 9, 1880 – September 24, 1976) was a suffragist who served as treasurer of the National Woman's Party for eight years. She is an inductee in the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women. Early life Ginns née Topkis was born on ...

(Wilmington). * Susie Estella Palmer Hamilton. * Rosewell Hammond. * Florence Hilles (New Castle). *

Robert G. Houston Robert Griffith Houston (October 13, 1867 – January 29, 1946) was an American lawyer, publisher and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served four terms as U.S. Representat ...

( Georgetown). * Margaret W. Houston. * Caroline Taylor Hughes. * Ella W. Johnson. * Etta Gray Jones ( Bridgeville). * Margaret Harrigon Kent. * Marie T. Lockwood ( Middletown). * Emma Maria Lore (Wilmington). * Annie J. Magee (Wilmington). * Mary H. Askew Mather. * Mary E. Marchand Milligan. Alice_Dunbar_Nelson

* Winifred Morris. * Anna Fisher Morse. *

Alice Dunbar Nelson Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation born free in the South after the Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved i ...

(Wilmington). *

Nellie B. Nicholson Nellie Blythe Nicholson Taylor (July 22, 1888 – December 20, 1965) was an African-American suffragist and educator. Nicholson was a clubwoman, co-founding a local Delaware affiliate, the Women's College Club of Delaware, with Sadie L. Jones. ...

(Wilmington). * Gertrude Fulton Nields. * Mary Ospina (Wilmington). * Jane White Pennewill. * Mary Price Phillips. *

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(New Castle). *

Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Mabel Lloyd Fisher Ridgely (April 13, 1872 – January 11, 1962) was an American suffragist and historical preservationist, president of the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association and of the Public Archives Commission, and a founder of Old Dover Day ...

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). * Eva Halpern Robin. *

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. * Willabelle Shurter. * Frank Stephens (

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Mary Ann Sorden Stuart Mary Ann Sorden Stuart (February 12, 1828 – April 19, 1893) was an American suffragist who served as a representative of the women's suffrage movement from Delaware and attended the National Woman Suffrage Association conventions in Washington ...

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Blanche Williams Stubbs Blanche Willams Stubbs (1872 – 1952) was an American civil rights activist and suffragist. A prominent activist in Wilmington, Delaware, in 2019 it was announced that she was to be inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women The Hall of Fa ...

(Wilmington). * Emma Gibson Sykes (Wilmington). *

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(Wilmington). * Elizabeth Walling. * Emalea Pusey Warner. * Sadie Monroe Waters (Greenwood). * Anna Beauchamp Reynolds Wedler. * Caroline B. Williams (Wilmington). * Mary J. Johnson Woodlen (Wilmington). * Emma Worrell.

Politicians in support of women's suffrage

T. Coleman du Pont Thomas Coleman du Pont (December 11, 1863 – November 11, 1930) was an American engineer and politician, from Greenville, Delaware. He was President of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and a member of the Republican Party who served part ...

. * John G. Townsend, Jr.

Places

Hotel DuPont The DuPont Building, occupying the entire block bound by 10th, 11th, Orange and Market streets, was one of the first high-rises in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. It looks out over Rodney Square. The building was built in phases, with the orig ...

(Wilmington). * New Castle County Courthouse (New Castle).

Suffragists who campaigned in Delaware

* Lida Stokes Adams. * Lucy E. Anthony. * Susan B. Anthony. *

Mary C. C. Bradford Mary Carroll Craig Bradford (August 10, 1856 – January 15, 1938) of Colorado was the first female delegate at the 1908 Democratic National Convention. She later became the Colorado State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Early life and edu ...

. * Carrie Chapman Catt. *

Mary Ware Dennett Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (April 4, 1872 – July 25, 1947) was an American women's rights activist, pacifist, homeopathic advocate, and pioneer in the areas of birth control, sex education, and women's suffrage. She co-founded the Nationa ...

. * Susan S. Fessenden. * Helen Hoy Greeley. * Laura A. Gregg. * Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale. *

Florence Jaffray Harriman Florence Jaffray "Daisy" Harriman (July 21, 1870 – August 31, 1967) was an American socialite, suffragist, social reformer, organizer, and diplomat. "She led one of the suffrage parades down Fifth Avenue, worked on campaigns on child labor ...

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Mary Garrett Hay Mary "Mollie" Garrett Hay (August 20, 1857 – August 29, 1928) was an American suffragist and community organizer. She served as president of the Women's City Club of New York, the Woman Suffrage Party and the New York Equal Suffrage League. ...

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Elsie Hill Elsie Hill (September 23, 1883 – August 6, 1970) was an American suffragist, as were her sisters Clara and Helena Hill. Biography She was the daughter of Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill and Mary Eileen Mossman. Hill graduated from Vassar College ...

. * Diana Hirschler. *

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Rosalie Jones Rosalie Gardiner Jones (February 24, 1883 – January 12, 1978) was an American suffragette. She took the "Pankhursts" as role models and after hearing of the " Brown Women" she organised marches to draw attention to the suffrage cause. She was ...

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Belva Lockwood Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician, educator, and author who was active in the women's rights and women's suffrage movements. She was one of the first women lawyers in the United Sta ...

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Harriet May Mills Harriet May Mills (August 9, 1857 – May 15, 1935) was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement. Life Mills was born on August 9, 1857 in Syracuse, New York, the daughter o ...

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Henrietta G. Moore Henrietta G. Moore (1844–1940) was an American Universalist minister and educator, active in the temperance, and suffrage causes. For a number of years, she was engaged in educational work, and then took up the temperance crusade movement. Sh ...

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Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst ('' née'' Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was an English political activist who organised the UK suffragette movement and helped women win the right to vote. In 1999, ''Time'' named her as one of the 100 Most Impo ...

. * Maud Wood Park. * Jeannette Rankin. * Anna Howard Shaw. *

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca ...

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Mary Church Terrell Mary Church Terrell (born Mary Eliza Church; September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954) was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree, and became known as a national activist for civil rights and suffrage. She taught in the Lati ...

. * Lola Trax. *

Harriet Taylor Upton Harriet Taylor Upton (December 17, 1853 – November 2, 1945) was an American political activist and author. Upton is best remembered as a leading Ohio state and national figure in the struggle for women's right to vote and as the first woman t ...

. * Narcissa Cox Vanderlip. * Mary Heald Way. * Mary Winsor.

Anti-suffragists

Groups * Delaware Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (DAOWS), formed in 1914. People * Elizabeth du Pont Bayard. *Amy du Pont. * Emily Bissell (Wilmington). *May du Pont Saulsbury. * Mary Wilson Thompson (Greenville). Politicians * Henry P. Scott.

References

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External links

Letter from Carrie Chapman Catt to Mary R. de VouVotes for Delaware Women: A Centennial Exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Suffragists Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...