The Unlikely Alliance for Women's Suffrage
Spokane organizers credit Everett's highly organized union base as the secret weapon in the fight for the women's vote.
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If suffrage wins in November, it will be the solidarity of Washington labor that will be its strongest help, according to Mrs. P. P. Stalford and Mrs. Rose Moore of Spokane, who have returned from a tour of the state in the interest of the suffrage amendment. They found Everett to be the most strongly organized city in the state. Unions everywhere were ready to endorse suffrage, with only individual members here and there opposing it. The local suffrage club found the same condition existing, with representatives receiving a cordial reception and liberal donations, including a ten-dollar check from the local barbers' union.
“If suffrage wins in November it will be the solidarity of Washington labor that will be its strongest help.”
This piece highlights a pivotal moment in Washington's history—the 1910 campaign for women's suffrage. The labor movement's support was instrumental in securing the vote for women in the state ten years before the 19th Amendment.
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