List of Nevada suffragists

Last updated January 23, 2026

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

Groups

Churchill County Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
Douglas County Equal Suffrage League.^[2]
Esmerelda County Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
Eureka County Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
Humboldt County Equal Suffrage League.^[3]
Lucy Stone Non-Partisan Equal Suffrage League, formed in Austin, Nevada in 1894.^[4]
The Men's League of Nevada, created in 1914.^[5]
Nevada Equal Franchise Society (NEFS).^[6]
Nevada Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1895.^[7]
Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs.^[8]
Non-Militant Suffrage Association, formed in 1911.^[9]
Ormsby County Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
Sparks Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
State Equal Suffrage Association.^[10]
Storey County Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
Washoe County Equal Suffrage League.^[1]
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).^[4]

Suffragists

Mary Babcock.^[4]
Hellen Ann Lovelock Bonnifield (Winnemucca).^[3]
Mae Caine ^[11]
Hanna K. Clapp.^[4]
Felice Cohn (Carson City).^[7]
Eliza Cook (Douglas County).^[2]
Mary Stoddard Doten.^[2]
Bessie R. Lucas Eichelberger (Reno and Washoe County).^[12]
Minnie Flannigan.^[8]
Maud Gassoway.^[8]
John I. Ginn (Elko).^[13]
Laura DeForce Gordon (Virginia City).^[14]
Florence Humphrey (Washoe).^[1]
Sadie D. Hurst (Washoe).^[1]
Alexandrine La Tourette.^[8]
Sarah Emeline Mack (Reno).^[15]
Anne Henrietta Martin (Reno).^[6]
Mila Tupper Maynard (Reno).^[7]
Helena Suzanne Bidwell Norton (Reno).^[16]
Elda Ann Williams Simpson Orr (Reno).^[17]
Fannie Brown Patrick (Reno)
Delphine Anderson Squires (Las Vegas).^[6]
Fannie Weller (Austin).^[7]
Frances Slaven Williamson (Austin and Reno).^[10]
Bird Wilson (Goldfield).^[6]
Jeanne Wier.^[18]

Politicians who supported women's suffrage

Publications

The Nevada Citizen, published by Frances Slaven Williamson and Mary Laura Williamson.^[10]

Suffragists who campaigned in Nevada

Anti-suffragists

People

Emma Adams.^[7]
Anna Fitch.^[14]
George Wingfield.^[31]

Groups

Nevada Association of Women Opposed to Equal Suffrage (NAWOWS).^[7]

Anti-suffragists who campaigned in Nevada

Minnie Bronson.^[31]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mueller, Megg (January–February 2020). "A Century of Suffrage". Nevada Magazine . Retrieved November 27, 2024.
1 2 3 Skorupa, Susan (July 21, 2014). "Nevada Women's History Project celebrates 100 years of women's suffrage". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
1 2 "Suffragists in Nevada". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Anthony 1902, p. 810.
↑ "Nevada Suffrage Leaders Meet". The Sacramento Union. February 24, 1914. Retrieved November 28, 2020– via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
1 2 3 4 5 "Women in Nevada History". Nevada Suffrage. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bennett, Dana R.; Reno, Mona. "Nevada Suffrage Timeline". Nevada Suffrage Centennial. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
1 2 3 4 Harper 1922, p. 388.
↑ "Felice Cohn". ONE. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
1 2 3 Wilkins, Sally. "FRANCES SLAVEN WILLIAMSON". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
↑ Reno, Mona. “Mae Caine,” in “Nevada Women’s History Project.” Reno, Nevada: Nevada Suffrage Centennial, retrieved online June 18, 2021.
↑ Bernard, Patti; Falcone, Kitty. "BESSIE R. LUCAS EICHELBERGER". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
1 2 3 Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 181.
1 2 Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 177.
↑ Falcone, Kitty. "Sarah Emeline (Emma) Mack". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
↑ Bennett, Dana R. "Helena Suzanne (Lena) Bidwell Norton". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
↑ Malek, Sue. "Genealogy and Family History: Suffragist". TMCC. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
↑ McGinness, Brett (August 26, 2020). "Famed Washoe basket weaver among Nevada's influential Women of the Century". USA Today. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
1 2 3 4 Harper 1922, p. 387.
1 2 Mead 2004, p. 164.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Suffrage Special' Arrives and Members Put in a Busy Day". The Daily Appeal. April 27, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
1 2 Harper 1922, p. 397.
1 2 3 Harper 1922, p. 391.
↑ Harper 1922, p. 390.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Harper 1922, p. 398.
↑ Lumsden, Linda J. (1997). Rampant Women: Suffragists and the Right of Assembly. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-57233-163-1.
↑ "Woman Suffrage: Tactics". Nevada Suffrage Centennial. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
↑ Mead 2004, p. 168.
↑ Mead 2004, p. 169.
↑ Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 186.
1 2 Marcus, Emerson (October 28, 2014). "'Epic in politics': Nevada women got vote a century ago". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

Sources

Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
Ford, Jean; Hulse, James W. (Fall 1995). "The First Battle for Woman Suffrage in Nevada: 1869-1871 – Correcting and Expanding the Record" (PDF). Nevada Historical Society Quarterly. 38 (3): 174–188.
Mead, Rebecca J. (2004). How the Vote Was Won: Woman Suffrage in the Western United States, 1868-1914 . New York: New York University Press. ISBN 9780814756768 – via Internet Archive.
Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.

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[:4-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mueller, Megg (January–February 2020). "A Century of Suffrage". Nevada Magazine . Retrieved November 27, 2024.

[:5-2] 1 2 3 Skorupa, Susan (July 21, 2014). "Nevada Women's History Project celebrates 100 years of women's suffrage". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[:1-3] 1 2 "Suffragists in Nevada". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEAnthony1902810-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Anthony 1902, p. 810.

[5] "Nevada Suffrage Leaders Meet". The Sacramento Union. February 24, 1914. Retrieved November 28, 2020– via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

[:0-6] 1 2 3 4 5 "Women in Nevada History". Nevada Suffrage. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[:12-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bennett, Dana R.; Reno, Mona. "Nevada Suffrage Timeline". Nevada Suffrage Centennial. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEHarper1922388-8] 1 2 3 4 Harper 1922, p. 388.

[9] "Felice Cohn". ONE. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

[:2-10] 1 2 3 Wilkins, Sally. "FRANCES SLAVEN WILLIAMSON". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[11] Reno, Mona. “Mae Caine,” in “Nevada Women’s History Project.” Reno, Nevada: Nevada Suffrage Centennial, retrieved online June 18, 2021.

[12] Bernard, Patti; Falcone, Kitty. "BESSIE R. LUCAS EICHELBERGER". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEFordHulse1995181-13] 1 2 3 Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 181.

[FOOTNOTEFordHulse1995177-14] 1 2 Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 177.

[15] Falcone, Kitty. "Sarah Emeline (Emma) Mack". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[16] Bennett, Dana R. "Helena Suzanne (Lena) Bidwell Norton". Nevada Women's History Project. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[17] Malek, Sue. "Genealogy and Family History: Suffragist". TMCC. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[18] McGinness, Brett (August 26, 2020). "Famed Washoe basket weaver among Nevada's influential Women of the Century". USA Today. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEHarper1922387-19] 1 2 3 4 Harper 1922, p. 387.

[FOOTNOTEMead2004164-20] 1 2 Mead 2004, p. 164.

[:6-21] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Suffrage Special' Arrives and Members Put in a Busy Day". The Daily Appeal. April 27, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2020– via Newspapers.com.

[FOOTNOTEHarper1922397-22] 1 2 Harper 1922, p. 397.

[FOOTNOTEHarper1922391-23] 1 2 3 Harper 1922, p. 391.

[FOOTNOTEHarper1922390-24] Harper 1922, p. 390.

[FOOTNOTEHarper1922398-25] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Harper 1922, p. 398.

[26] Lumsden, Linda J. (1997). Rampant Women: Suffragists and the Right of Assembly. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-57233-163-1.

[27] "Woman Suffrage: Tactics". Nevada Suffrage Centennial. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEMead2004168-28] Mead 2004, p. 168.

[FOOTNOTEMead2004169-29] Mead 2004, p. 169.

[FOOTNOTEFordHulse1995186-30] Ford & Hulse 1995, p. 186.

[:3-31] 1 2 Marcus, Emerson (October 28, 2014). "'Epic in politics': Nevada women got vote a century ago". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

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