Sallie Davis Hayden (July 12, 1842 – September 15, 1907) was a suffragist in the

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of the

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Biography

Sarah Calvert “Sallie” Davis was born near Forrest City, Arkansas, on July 12, 1842, to Cornelius Davis and Eliza Halbert. She was a school teacher in

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, when she met Arizona businessman

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(1825–1900) whom she married on October 4, 1876. Sallie served briefly as postmaster of Hayden's Ferry,

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which was later named Tempe. Sallie was interested in politics and hosted suffragist speakers in her home at Hayden's Ferry. Along with

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and Frances Willard Munds, Sallie was one of the founders of the suffrage movement in Arizona. Sallie was the mother of United States Senator Carl Hayden (1877–1972), elected in 1912 as the first

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from Arizona. In 1913, in honor of his mother, Carl introduced a joint resolution calling for women's suffrage.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayden, Sallie Davis 1842 births 1907 deaths American suffragists Arizona pioneers People from Tempe, Arizona People from St. Francis County, Arkansas 19th-century American women