Timeline of women's suffrage in Illinois

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Grace Wilbur Trout, 1913 Grace Wilbur Trout, 1913.jpg
Grace Wilbur Trout, 1913

This is a timeline of women's suffrage in Illinois. Women's suffrage in Illinois began in the mid 1850s. The first women's suffrage group was created in 1855 in Earlville, Illinois by Susan Hoxie Richardson. The Illinois Woman Suffrage Association (IWSA), later renamed the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association (IESA), was created by Mary Livermore in 1869. This group held annual conventions and petitioned various governmental bodies in Illinois for women's suffrage. On June 19, 1891, women gained the right to vote for school offices. However, it wasn't until 1913 that women saw expanded suffrage. That year women in Illinois were granted the right to vote for Presidential electors and various local offices. Suffragists continued to fight for full suffrage in the state. Finally, Illinois became the first state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment on June 10, 1919. The League of Women Voters (LWV) was announced in Chicago on February 14, 1920.

Contents

19th century

1850s

1855

1860s

1869

1870s

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Suffrage question in state constitutional convention, April 17, 1870

1870

1871

1872

1873

1874

1876

1879

1880s

1884

1885

1887

1888

1890s

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1897

1898

1899

20th century

1900s

Suffrage club meeting in Chicago in 1905 Suffrage club meeting in Chicago in 1905.jpg
Suffrage club meeting in Chicago in 1905

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910s

"Why Not Let Mother Vote" postcard, 1910 "Why Not Let Mother Vote" postcard, 1910.jpg
"Why Not Let Mother Vote" postcard, 1910

1910

1911

1912

1913

Rainy suffrage parade with Janet Ayer Fairbank in Chicago, June 7, 1916 Rainy suffrage parade with Janet Ayer Fairbank in Chicago, June 7, 1916.jpg
Rainy suffrage parade with Janet Ayer Fairbank in Chicago, June 7, 1916

1914

1915

1916

1917

1919

1920s

1920

See also

References

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