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Emily Parmely Collins (1814–1909) – in South Bristol, New York, 1848, was the first woman in the U.S. to establish a society focused on woman suffrage and women's rights. [40] Helen Appo Cook (1837–1913) – prominent African American community activist and leader in the women's club movement. [41] [42]
Bella Savitzky was born on July 24, 1920, in New York City. [6] Both of her parents were Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants from Chernihiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). [7] [8] [9] Her mother, Esther (née Tanklevsky or Tanklefsky), was a homemaker who immigrated from Kozelets in 1902. [7]
Members of the CUWS holding brushes in front of a large billboard, 1914 Meeting at Coffee House, New York, 1915. The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was an American organization formed in 1913 led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns [1] to campaign for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women's suffrage.
He later moved to New York City and worked on the New York World newspaper. He is best known for the invention of the crossword puzzle in 1913, when he was a resident of Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [5] Wynne created the page of puzzles for the "Fun" section of the Sunday edition of the New York World. For the December 21, 1913, edition, he ...
In November 1910, Washington voters approved an amendment to their state constitution to permanently enfranchise women, the fifth state in the Union to do so. [11] Returning to New York, Rankin became one of the organizers of the New York Woman Suffrage Party, [12] which joined with other suffrage organizations to promote a similar suffrage ...
The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage started planning a tour of woman's clubs in the Western United States in Spring of 1916. [1] Since most of the states that had passed the women's vote were in the West, the idea was to recruit and use the voices of women voters from these states to speak for national women's suffrage. [2]
According to New York Public Officers Law, once the seat is officially vacated, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul will have a 10-day window during which to officially call for a special election.
Francis Henry Wilson (February 11, 1844 – September 25, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Clinton, New York, Wilson lived in Utica, New York, until ten years of age, when he moved with his parents to the Westmoreland farm. He attended the district school, Dwight's Preparatory School, Clinton, New York, and was graduated ...