List of Vermont suffragists

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

Groups

• New England Woman Suffrage Association (NEWSA). ^[1]
• Vermont Equal Suffrage Association, reorganized from VWSA in 1907. ^{[2] [3]}
• Vermont Woman Suffrage Association (VWSA), formed in 1870. ^[4]
• Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). ^[5]

Suffragists

• Elizabeth Colley (Waterbury). ^[6]
• L. J. C. Daniels (Grafton). ^[7]
• Seneca M. Dorr (Rutland). ^[8]
• Eliza Eaton. ^[9]
• Laura Kezer (Rochester). ^[10]
• Laura Mooore (Barnet). ^[11]
• Clarina I. H. Nichols. ^[12]
• Lillian Olzendam. ^[13]
• Annette W. Parmelee (Enosburgh). ^[14]
• Anna Hawks Putnam (Bennington). ^[15]
• Mary Bennetts Spargo (Bennington). ^[15]
• Charles W. Willard. ^[8]
• Frances Rastall Wyman (Manchester). ^[7]

Politicians supporting women's suffrage in Vermont

• Hosea Mann. ^[16]
• Wendell Phillips Stafford. ^[16]
• Russell S. Taft (Burlington). ^[8]

Suffragists campaigning in Vermont

• Henry Browne Blackwell. ^[5]
• Mary Nettie Chase. ^[5]
• Tracy Cutler. ^[1]
• William Lloyd Garrison. ^[17]
• Julia Ward Howe. ^[1]
• Mary Livermore. ^[8]
• Nancy Schoonmaker. ^[18]
• Anna Howard Shaw. ^[19]
• Lucy Stone. ^[1]
• Mary Traffarn Whitney. ^[20]

See also

• List of American suffragists
• Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States
• Women's suffrage in the United States

References

1. Anthony 1902, p. 957.
2. Sessions, Gene. "Women Get the Vote, 1920". Vermont Historical Society. Marilyn Blackwell. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
3. Rodrigues & Rodrigues 2020, p. 28.
4. Rodrigues & Rodrigues 2020, p. 23-24.
5. Harper 1922, p. 651.
6. Casey, Cheryl (October 31, 2020). "Remembering Waterbury suffragist Elizabeth Colley: 'Principal, teacher, rebuker of folly'". Waterbury Roundabout. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
7. "Vermont". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
8. Bassett 1946, p. 52.
9. Churchill, Ginny. "Biographical Sketch of Eliza Eaton". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920– via Alexander Street.
10. Kanell, Beth. "Biographical Sketch of Laura Faustina Pearson (Pierson) Kezer". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920– via Alexander Street.
11. Rodrigues & Rodrigues 2020, p. 27.
12. Blackwell 2023, p. 3.
13. Higdon, Bridget (September 9, 2022). "Enosburg's original Hornet: How Annette Parmelee fought for women's suffrage from Orchard Street". Saint Albans Messenger. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
14. "Annette W. Parmelee Dead". The Barre Daily Times. August 2, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved July 22, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
15. Rodrigues & Rodrigues 2020, p. 29.
16. Anthony 1902, p. 959.
17. Rodrigues & Rodrigues 2020, p. 24.
18. Marino 2017, p. 63.
19. Blackwell 2023, p. 7.
20. Harper 1922, p. 653.

Sources

• Anthony, Susan B. (1902). Anthony, Susan B.; Harper, Ida Husted (eds.). The History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 4. Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press.
• Bassett, T. D. Seymour (April 1946). "The 1870 Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Vermont" (PDF). Vermont Quarterly. 14 (2): 47–61.
• Blackwell, Marilyn S. (January 2023). "One Mission, Two Pathways: Annette Parmelee and Lucy Daniels in the Campaign for Woman Suffrage" (PDF). Vermont History. 91 (1): 1–30 – via Vermont Historical Society.
• Harper, Ida Husted (1922). The History of Woman Suffrage. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
• Marino, Kelly (April 1, 2017). "Ballots, Bandages, and Books: Connecticut Suffragists, Citizenship Education, and Women's Activism in the World War I Era" . Connecticut History Review. 56 (1): 40–67. doi:10.5406/connhistrevi.56.1.0040. ISSN   0884-7177.
• Rodrigues, Dawn; Rodrigues, Raymond (2020). "The Evolution of Woman Suffrage in Vermont: Bennington and Beyond" (PDF). Walloomsack Review. 27: 19–35.