TY - JOUR
T1 - ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON’S 1915 PENNSYLVANIA SUFFRAGE SPEAKING TOUR SCRAPBOOK
AU - Cahill, Cathleen D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Pennsylvania Historical Association.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85204120263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85204120263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5325/pennhistory.91.3.0359
DO - 10.5325/pennhistory.91.3.0359
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85204120263
SN - 0031-4528
VL - 91
SP - 359
EP - 369
JO - Pennsylvania history
JF - Pennsylvania history
IS - 3
ER -