List of Rhode Island suffragists

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

Groups

Congressional Union for Women's Suffrage at their summer headquarters in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1914

• Bristol Equal Suffrage League. ^[1]
• College Equal Suffrage League, Rhode Island group formed in 1907. ^{[2] [3]}
• Congressional Union of Providence, Rhode Island, created in 1916. ^[4]
• Jamestown Equal Suffrage League. ^[5]
• Newport County Woman Suffrage League, founded in 1908. ^{[6] [7]}
• Providence Woman Suffrage Party. ^[3]
• Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association, formed in 1915. ^[3]
• Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Association, created in 1868. ^[8]
• Rhode Island Women's Suffrage Party, created in 1913. ^[3]
• Rhode Island Union of Colored Women's Clubs, created in 1903. ^{[2] [9]}
• Woman's Newport League. ^[2]
• Women's Political Equality League of Providence. ^[4]

Suffragists

Sarah Elizabeth Doyle

• Esther H. Abelson (Pawtucket). ^[1]
• Sara Algeo. ^[2]
• Agnes Bacon (Providence). ^[1]
• Mary Rathbone Kelly Ballou (Providence and Portsmouth). ^[10]
• Alva Belmont (Newport). ^[11]
• Mae E. Profitt Bentley (Providence). ^[12]
• Ellen M. Bolles. ^[13]
• Rose Talliaferro Bradic (Providence). ^[14]
• Emeline S. Burlingame (1836–1923). ^[15]
• Margaret M. Campbell. ^[16]
• Elizabeth Buffum Chace (Providence). ^[8]
• Elizabeth Kittridge Churchill. ^[16]
• Paulina Wright Davis (Providence). ^[8]
• Ardelia C. Dewing. ^[17]
• Mary H. Dickerson (Newport). ^[2]
• Sarah E. Doyle. ^[18]
• Maud Howe Elliot (Newport). ^[4]
• Jeanette S. French. ^[19]
• Hannah E. Greene (Providence). ^[2]
• Annie M. Griffin. ^[13]
• Frederick A. Hinckley (Providence). ^[13]
• Bertha Higgins (Providence). ^[2]
• Julia Ward Howe (Portsmouth). ^[4]
• Mary E. Jackson (Providence). ^[2]
• Maria Albertina Kindberg (Providence). ^[4]
• Maria Ingeborg Kindstedt (Providence). ^[4]
• Sophia Little. ^[20]
• Deborah Knox Livingston. ^[1]
• Clara Brownell May Miller (Newport). ^[6]
• Martha H. Mowry (Providence).
• Mabel E. Orgelman (Bristol). ^[1]
• Fanny Purdy Palmer (Providence) ^[21]
• Annie Peck (Providence). ^[20]
• Rhoda Anna Fairbanks Peckham. ^[13]
• Lucy Proffitt. ^[22]
• Charlotte B. Wilbour. ^[23]
• Anna Garlin Spencer (Providence). ^[2]
• Rowena Peck Barnes Tingley. ^[23]
• Camillo von Klenze. ^[24]
• Frances H. Whipple (Providence). ^[20]
• Sarah Helen Whitman (Providence). ^[18]
• Lillie Chace Wyman (Valley Falls). ^[4]
• Elizabeth Upham Yates. ^[25]

Politicians supporting women's suffrage

• Robert Livingston Beeckman. ^[18]
• Clark Burdick (Newport). ^[26]
• Edward L. Freeman. ^[18]
• Joseph H. Gainer (Providence). ^[27]
• Daniel L. D. Granger (Providence). ^[28]
• Richard W. Jennings. ^[18]
• Henry B. Kane (Narragansett). ^[26]
• Walter R. Stiness. ^[29]

Suffragists campaigning in Rhode Island

• Susan B. Anthony. ^[2]
• Henry B. Blackwell. ^[30]
• Carrie Chapman Catt. ^[31]
• Adelaide A. Claifin. ^[30]
• James Henry Darlington. ^[26]
• Frederick Douglass. ^[2]
• Mary F. Eastman. ^[32]
• William Lloyd Garrison. ^[32]
• Laura M. Johns. ^[33]
• Mary Johnston. ^[34]
• Louise Hall. ^[35]
• Henry S. Nash. ^[25]
• Cora Scott Pond. ^[30]
• Nancy Schoonmaker. ^[36]
• Anna Howard Shaw. ^[37]
• Doris Stevens. ^[38]
• Lucy Stone. ^[32]
• Zerelda G. Wallace. ^[30]

Places

• Marble House. ^[11]
• Oak Glen. ^[39]

Publications

• The Amendment. ^[2]
• The Pioneer and Woman's Advocate , founded in 1852. ^[18]
• The Una , founded in 1853. ^[40]

Anti-suffragists

Groups

• Rhode Island Association in Opposition to Woman Suffrage. ^[41]

Individuals

• Mrs. Edward Johnson. ^[29]
• Margaret Farnum Lippitt. ^{[29] [42]}
• Mary Lippitt Steedman. ^[42]

See also

• New England Woman Suffrage Association
• Timeline of women's suffrage in Rhode Island
• Women's suffrage in Rhode Island
• Women's suffrage in the United States

References

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3. Manning, Lucinda (2001). "Records of the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island". Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division. revised by Kim Nusco. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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6. Young, Bailey. "Biographical Sketch of Clara Brownell May (Mrs. Oscar) Miller". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920– via Alexander Street.
7. Harper 1922, p. 577.
8. "Elizabeth Buffum Chace, Inducted 2002". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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12. Truppi, Lily; Cottineau, Sacha. "Biographical Sketch of Mae E. Proffitt Bentley". Alexander Street. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
13. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 908.
14. Battye, Jilian; Riordan, Katherine. "Biographical Sketch of Rose Talliaferro Bradic". Alexander Street. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
15. National American Woman Suffrage Association 1912, p. 55.
16. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 909.
17. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 907-908.
18. DeSimone, Russell (July 3, 2020). "Rhode Island's Long Quest for Women's Suffrage". Small State Big History. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
19. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 912.
20. DeSimone, Russell J. (March 1, 2015). "Celebrating Women's History Month: 10 who helped shape the Ocean State". Providence Journal. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
21. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 918.
22. Ramos, Emily; Szeneitas, Sophia. "Biographical Sketch of Lucy Proffitt". Alexander Street. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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24. Miller, Elisa. "Biographical Sketch of Louise Hall". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920– via Alexander Street.
25. Harper 1922, p. 567.
26. "Suffrage Mass Meeting". Newport Mercury. August 3, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved October 1, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
27. Harper 1922, p. 571.
28. Harper 1922, p. 565-566.
29. Harper 1922, p. 574.
30. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 910.
31. Harper 1922, p. 570.
32. Anthony & Harper 1902, p. 907.
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35. "Plan Greeting for Liberty Bell Party". New Castle Herald. June 30, 1915. p. 10. Retrieved March 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
36. Marino 2017, p. 63.
37. Bort, Ina (April 21, 2017). "Suffrage on the Menu: The Marble House Conferences of 1909 and 1914". Behind The Scenes: New-York Historical Society. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
38. "For Suffrage Work". Newport Daily News. June 26, 1914. p. 7. Retrieved October 1, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
39. "Rhode Island and the 19th Amendment". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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Sources

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• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain :National American Woman Suffrage Association (1912). Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (Public domain ed.). The Association.