ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON’S 1915 PENNSYLVANIA SUFFRAGE SPEAKING TOUR SCRAPBOOK

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Abstract

In 1915 woman’s suffrage was on the ballot in Pennsylvania. State suffrage organizations mounted a vibrant campaign using a variety of strategies in support of enfranchising the women of the Keystone State. Speakers played a central role in this campaign, including a four-month lecture tour by African American author and educator, Alice Dunbar-Nelson. She kept a scrapbook of her tour that reveals her recognition of its historical significance. Her scrapbook also highlights the role of African American women who worked toward the goal of voting rights for all in Pennsylvania. Finally, it illuminates the strategies used by Pennsylvania suffrage leaders. While the men of the state voted down the suffrage referendum in 1915, the hard work of suffragists, including Dunbar-Nelson and other African Americans, paid off four years later when Pennsylvania became the seventh state to ratify the nineteenth amendment to the US Constitution on June 24, 1919.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)359-369
Number of pages11
JournalPennsylvania history
Volume91
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2024

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