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November 5, 1912: The World is Watching Oregon’s Election

“National Suffrage Leader Says England Has Eyes on Oregon,” Oregon Journal, November 5, 1912. 10.

As Oregon suffragists concluded their massive campaign, voted and waited for the results on November 5, 1912 Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, telegraphed a “message of hope” to the Portland Woman’s Club Suffrage Campaign Committee.

“The women of the world are looking to Oregon for hope,” she wrote. “May Oregon women win their deserved success, and Oregon men prove worthy of their heritage.”

They did.

—Kimberly Jensen

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