Annie Louise Hall (January 15, 1881 - September 20, 1966) was an American suffragist and saleswoman. Hall worked as a teacher for many years, but after her experiences at a settlement house in

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, she turned to suffrage work. Hall had experience working for women's suffrage in

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, and

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. After her women's suffrage work, she went on to work as a saleswoman and eventually retired with her life partner to

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Biography

Annie Louise Hall was born on January 15, 1881, in the

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Naval Base. In 1884, her family moved to the Naval Base in

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and by 1900, the family was living in

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. Hall graduated from Vassar in 1903. She worked as a teacher in

, and

. Hall worked for a year in a settlement house in

in the "

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quarter" in 1908. While she worked at the settlement house, she began to become interested in

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. In 1910, she moved back to Lowell and worked as a

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for a while. Hall's first suffrage work was in

. Hall later worked on the Rhode Island women's suffrage campaign in

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. In the summer of 1912, she was involved in campaigning on Ohio's women suffrage referendum. In Ohio, she was able to get

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to display a "Votes for Women" flag during one of his events. She spoke throughout Ohio in front of large audiences. Around 1913, she began to work on the

suffrage campaign. Hall worked as the field secretary for the Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage Association (PWSA). When the Justice Bell toured Pennsylvania to promote

in 1915, Hall served as the director of the tour and gave speeches throughout the state. Hall's life partner, Ethel Bret Harte, daughter of

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, toured with her during this time. In 1917, Hall did work as field secretary for the New York Woman Suffrage Association (NYWSA). Hall worked briefly in

after a mostly successful New York campaign. Hall's last suffrage work was in

, where she worked as an organizer 1918. Hall went on to work as a saleswoman for Mass Mutual Life Insurance and moved back to Lowell. She and her partner, Harte, decided to move to

in 1934. The two of them bought a car and drove across the United States to Ojai where they built a house. Afterwards, they divided their time between

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and

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. Harte died in Ojai in 1964 and Hall died two years later in Ojai on September 20, 1966.

References

External links

Article by Louise Hall
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