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Antoinette "Nettie" Rogers Shuler (1862–1939) was an American suffragist and author.
''Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement''
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler
Biography
Shuler née Rogers was born on November 8, 1862 inBuffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...
. A graduate of Buffalo Central High School, she married Frank J. Shuler in 1887, with whom she had one child, a daughter named Marjorie
Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled as Margery or Marjory. Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram. It came into English from the Old Fre ...
who later joined Nettie in her suffrage work.
Shuler was an active suffragist involved with organizing and training suffragists in her home state of New York and throughout the country. She was President of the Western New York Federation of Women's Club's, and was a member and speaker at the National American Woman Suffrage Association
The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. It was created by the merger of two existing organizations, the National ...
(NAWSA). She gave many lectures and addressed various groups and state legislatures, including presenting the case for a suffrage amendment to the New York state legislature. After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment Shuler collaborated with Carrie Chapman Catt to write the book ''Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement''. The book was published in 1923 and traced the history of the women's suffrage in the United States
In the 1700's to early 1800's New Jersey did allow Women the right to vote before the passing of the 19th Amendment, but in 1807 the state restricted the right to vote to "...tax-paying, white male citizens..."
Women's legal right to vote w ...
from 1848 through 1920.
Shuler died in New York City
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on December 2, 1939.
See also
* List of suffragists and suffragettes *American Woman Suffrage Association
The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was a single-issue national organization formed in 1869 to work for women's suffrage in the United States. The AWSA lobbied state governments to enact laws granting or expanding women's right to vote ...
References
Further reading
''Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement''
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler
External links
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