Abigail Scott Duniway
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- Dec 11, 1871The Panic Over 'Free Love' and Women's Rights in Early SeattleAn editorial from the Puget Sound Dispatch decries the growing suffrage movement, labeling advocates as threats to the 'sanctity of the marriage relation.'Seattle, WA
- Jul 20, 1878The Mother of Discontent: Abigail Scott Duniway’s Rally for RightsIn an impassioned 1878 address to the Territorial Convention, activist Abigail Scott Duniway demanded Washington women be granted the vote, framing the domestic 'insurrection' of disenfranchised wives as a parallel to the American Revolution.Olympia, WA
- Nov 17, 1883Washington Territory Grants Women the VoteAfter passing the House previously, the suffrage bill clears the Council, marking a historic victory for equal representation.Olympia, WA
- Nov 27, 1883Seattle Celebrates the New Territorial Suffrage LawA boisterous and hopeful crowd gathers at the Yesler Hall to toast the recent legislative victory granting women the right to vote in Washington Territory.Seattle, WA
- Jan 2, 1887The Surprise Ballot: How Women Upended Seattle Politics in 1887When Washington women were granted the vote, skeptics assumed they wouldn't use it—until they turned out in such force they shocked the political establishment.Seattle, WA