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The Women's Franchise League of Indiana was headquartered in Peru, Indiana. The WFL consisted of a president, treasurer, and an executive secretary. The league went from thirty six branches in 1912, sixty branches in 1916 and one hundred twelve in 1921 when it reorganized into the League of Women Voters in 1921 [9]
Peru was founded in 1834 by William N. Hood, who had bought 210 acres (85 hectares) of land from Miamisport's founder Joseph Holman five years earlier. [7] By 1835, court was being held in Peru rather than Miamisport, and the name "Miamisport" quietly disappeared as Peru became the dominant community in the area. [6]
Mary Newbury Adams was born in Peru, Indiana on October 17, 1837 to abolitionist missionaries Mary Ann Sergeant and Samuel Newbury. [3] Her father was a Presbyterian minister and a supporter of co-education for men and women. Because her father held views of equal education for women and men, she received education beyond elementary school years.
Advocates for women's rights founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in June 1966 out of frustration with the enforcement of the sex bias provisions of the Civil Rights Act and Executive Order 11375. [103] New York state legislature amends its abortion-related statute to allow for more therapeutic exceptions. [8] 1966
Marie Stuart Edwards, c. 1920. Marie Stuart Edwards was a suffragist and social reformer from Peru, Indiana.She served as president of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana (1917–1919); publicity director of National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) during the Nineteenth Amendment's passage in 1920; and vice president of the National League of Women Voters (1921–1923).
In 1859, she became the first woman to present a petition before the Indiana General Assembly, calling for passage of laws to provide property rights for married women and a women's suffrage amendment to the Indiana Constitution. At the national level she served a one-year term as president of the American Woman Suffrage Association.
While some gold mines have been eradicated, Peru's gold mines are still a huge part of the country's culture and economy. At a mere three miles above sea level, working in this environment is ...
Way, a founding member of the Indiana Woman's Rights Association, called for the state's first women's rights convention in 1851 and served as vice president of the proceedings. Way remained active in the Association, including service as its president in 1855, and helped reactivate it in 1869, renamed as the Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association .