Women -- Suffrage -- Oregon
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Ann Elizabeth Bills photograph and news clipping
Collection consists of a black and white photograph of Ann Elizabeth Bills taken in approximately 1896 and a clipping from the April 13, 1913 edition of the (Portland) Morning Oregonian about Bills registering to vote. Bills sewed what is believed to be the first American flag flown in Portland after Oregon statehood.
Abigail Scott Duniway papers
A small collection of papers of Abigail Scott Duniway, who was an emigrant to Oregon, an editor, and an advocate of women's suffrage. Includes records of the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association, records of the Duniway Publishing Company, and copy of a typescript transcription of Duniway's overland diary, 1852.
Berry Walker Dunn papers
Manuscript letter from Berry Walker Dunn to Mrs. M. F. Cook, corresponding secretary of the Yamhill County Woman Suffrage Association, May 16, 1875, in which Dunn explains his support for woman suffrage.
EKOMS letters to the editor of the Gold Beach Gazette
Typescript compilation of letters to the editor of the Gold Beach Gazette written by J. F. Kronenberg, Bandon, Oregon, under the pen name "EKOMS," circa 1898, on such varied subjects as dog ownership; Bandon, Oregon; women's suffrage; and local politics.
Bethenia Owens-Adair papers
Papers of Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840-1926), including letters from Jesse Applegate, a speech by Owens-Adair in support of women's suffrage, a pro-eugenics booklet by Owens-Adair, and a letter from Owens-Adair to Fred Lockley. Owens-Adair was one of the first women working as doctors in Oregon to hold a medical degree, and was active in the temperance, women's suffrage, and eugenics movements.
John Daniel Stevens letters
Women collection
Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to women in Oregon. Included are postcards with pro- and anti-suffrage images; correspondence; a scrapbook of the League of Women Voters; papers of various women's political groups; and newspaper clippings.