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Women’s History: Selected Resources at the Washington State Library

Women’s History: Selected Resources at the Washington State Library

Women’s History: a sampling of resources at the Washington State Library Federal Publications : National Scope Alfonso, K. L. M., & Air University (U.S.). (2009). Femme fatale: An examination of the role of women in combat and the policy implications for future American military operations. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala: Air University Press. Archive of Folk Song (U.S.). (1969). Sources for songs of the womans’ suffrage movement: With Library of Congress call numbers. Washington, DC: The Archive. Available at WSL! …

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Washington’s Road to Women’s Suffrage: 1871

Washington’s Road to Women’s Suffrage: 1871

Women went on a bit of a rollar coaster ride to get the right to vote in Washington, and it took a lot of fight to reach a final victorious outcome in 1910. (A fact that Washington is celebrating next year, the centennial of women’s suffrage!)  One famous setback? In 1871,  noted suffragette Susan B. Anthony came to Olympia to lobby for women’s suffrage and she addressed the Territorial Legislature on the merits of letting women have the vote. The next day…

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Washington’s Road to Women’s Suffrage: 1867

Washington’s Road to Women’s Suffrage: 1867

2010 marks the 100-year anniversary of women’s suffrage in Washington. So what did it take for women to get the  right to vote in Washington?  It was one step at a time. One of those key steps was in 1867, when the Washington Territorial Legislature passed a law giving the right to vote to “. . . all white American citizens above the age of twenty-one…”  The law went on to be more specific, citing:  “. . . all other white male inhabitants of…

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