List of Minnesota suffragists explained

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

Groups

• National Woman's Party.^[1]

Suffragists

• Sarah Tarleton Colvin (1865–1949) – chairman of the Minnesota chapter of the National Woman's Party, arrested during the "Watchfire for Freedom" demonstrations.
• Nellie Griswold Francis (1874–1969) – founded and led the Everywoman Suffrage Club, an African-American suffragist group in Minnesota, civil rights and anti-lynching activist.^[2]
• Ella M. S. Marble (1850–1929) – physician; president of several state associations.

Suffragists campaigning in Minnesota

• Margaret Foley.^[3]

References

Sources

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sarah Tarleton Colvin - Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine . 2024-08-03 . U.S. National Park Service . en.
2. News: October 20, 1918 . Women's suffrage bill . 7 August 2024 . The Nashville Globe.
3. Web site: Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers of Margaret Foley, 1847-1968 . 7 August 2024 . Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.