List of Michigan suffragists

Last updated September 01, 2025

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

Groups

Michigan State Equal Suffrage Association.^[1]

Suffragists

Octavia Williams Bates (1846–1911) – suffragist, clubwoman, author.^[2]
Mary L. Doe (1836–1913) – first president of the Michigan State Equal Suffrage Association.^[1]
Eva Craig Graves Doughty (1852–1929) – president, Grand Rapids (Michigan) Equal Suffrage Association.^[3]
Dr. Blanche Moore Haines (1865–1944), physician; Michigan State chair of the National Woman Suffrage Association.^[4]
Lottie Wilson Jackson (1854–1914) – painter and suffragist.^[5]

Suffragists campaigning in Michigan

Margaret Foley.^[6]

References

1 2 Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted; Gage, Matilda Joslyn (1902). Status of woman at the close of nineteenth century : introduction to volume IV of the History of woman suffrage, 1883-1900 (Public domain ed.). Fowler & Wells. p. 755.
↑ The Law Student's Helper (1895). The Law Student's Helper: A Monthly Magazine for the Student in and Out of Law School. Vol. 3 (Public domain ed.). Detroit: Collector Publishing Company. p. 458.
↑ Willard & Livermore 1897, p. 255.
↑ "Five Congressmen Hear State Suffs". Battle Creek Moon-Journal. December 14, 1917. p. 13. Retrieved December 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ Sibilla, Michelle; Arbab, Fiana; Humayun, Afaf; Shammami, Narmeen; Kaniaris, Alex. "Biographical Sketch of Charlotte "Lottie" Wilson Jackson, 1854-1914". Biographical Database of Black Woman Suffragists– via Alexander Street.
↑ "Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers of Margaret Foley, 1847-1968". Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

Sources

Willard, Frances E.; Livermore, Mary A., eds. (1897). American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with over 1,400 Portraits (Revised ed.). New York: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted; Gage, Matilda Joslyn (1902). Status of woman at the close of nineteenth century : introduction to volume IV of the History of woman suffrage, 1883-1900 (Public domain ed.). Fowler & Wells. p. 755.

[2] The Law Student's Helper (1895). The Law Student's Helper: A Monthly Magazine for the Student in and Out of Law School. Vol. 3 (Public domain ed.). Detroit: Collector Publishing Company. p. 458.

[FOOTNOTEWillardLivermore1897255-3] Willard & Livermore 1897, p. 255.

[BattleCreek1917-4] "Five Congressmen Hear State Suffs". Battle Creek Moon-Journal. December 14, 1917. p. 13. Retrieved December 5, 2024– via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[5] Sibilla, Michelle; Arbab, Fiana; Humayun, Afaf; Shammami, Narmeen; Kaniaris, Alex. "Biographical Sketch of Charlotte "Lottie" Wilson Jackson, 1854-1914". Biographical Database of Black Woman Suffragists– via Alexander Street.

[papers-6] "Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers of Margaret Foley, 1847-1968". Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

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