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Upcoming Events Century of Action’s calendar of events highlights events across the state celebrating our suffrage centennial heritage. Are we missing something? Please email us at info@centuryofaction and let us know! PAST EVENTS, 2010-2012 1912 Women’s Vote Postcard Mystery In late December 2012 one of our board members purchased this 1912 Oregon… admin 09/18/12
Suffrage History Interested in learning more about Oregon woman suffrage history? Start here! Oregon Suffrage Timeline – Everything from the first suffrage groups in 1870 to the 2020 Centennial Celebration of the Nineteenth Amendment. This Month in History Series – Follow the successes, struggles, and strategies of Oregon suffragists during those critical… admin 07/31/12
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Timeline: Significant Events in the History of Oregon Women and Citizenship compiled by Kimberly Jensen, originally published in Oregon Historical Quarterly, special issue “Women and Citizenship” 113:3 (Fall 2012), reproduced here by permission Click here for a PDF version 1850: Donation Land Claim Act. Federal law applies to Oregon land claims and is the first U.S. land policy in which married… admin 01/30/12
Chloe Clarke Willson Papers Chloe Aurelia Clarke Willson was born in Connecticut on April 16, 1818 and received her academic training at Wilbraham Academy, a seminary that specialized in training Methodist missionaries for service around the world. In 1839 Chloe Willson joined fellow Methodists on the ship “Lausanne” traveling to the Oregon Territory as… admin 03/07/11
Partnerships Oregon Women’s History Consortium would like to recognize the contributions of the individuals, leaders and organizations who made Century of Action possible. Click here for a complete list of Century of Action supporters. Northwest History Network The Northwest History Network is a non-profit corporation registered with the State of Oregon… admin 03/02/11
Woman Suffrage in Oregon by Kimberly Jensen The campaign to achieve voting rights (also called suffrage or the franchise) for Oregon women from 1870 to 1912 is part of a broad and continuing movement at the regional, national, and international levels to secure equality and full citizenship for women. Oregon has the distinction of… admin 02/17/11
Susan B. Anthony and the Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Oregon, 1871–1906 By G. Thomas Edwards Noted national suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony made three important visits to Oregon and has been called the grandmother of Oregon suffrage. In 1871, she and her long-time friend and co-worker, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, first visited the West. Traveling from Chicago on the new transcontinental railroad,… admin 02/17/11
Oregon Women’s Clubs By Karen J. Blair From the early beginnings of Oregon Territory and then the State of Oregon, women residents demonstrated enthusiasm for forming literary and civic clubs to accomplish self improvement and community reform. Women settlers from eastern locales brought experience in church and secular organizations and transplanted that volunteer… admin 02/17/11
Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915) by Jean M. Ward Outspoken and often controversial, Abigail Scott Duniway is remembered as Oregon’s “Mother of Equal Suffrage” and “the pioneer Woman Suffragist of the great Northwest.” As lecturer, organizer, writer, and editor, Duniway devoted over forty years to the cause of women’s rights. In Idaho Territory in 1896,… admin 02/17/11
Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, M.D. (1869–1967) Advocate for Women’s Votes, Full Citizenship, and Civic Health By Kimberly Jensen Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy, M.D., shaped the Oregon woman suffrage movement in vital ways as an innovative leader of the second generation of activists during the campaigns of 1906 and 1912. She also represented Oregon in national suffrage… admin 02/17/11
Oregon Woman Suffrage in National Context By Rebecca J. Mead, Ph.D., Northern Michigan University Western victories were crucial to the success of the woman suffrage movement at many phases of the struggle, and the Pacific Northwest was an important locus of agitation and source of innovation. Most of the women of the western United States were… admin 02/17/11
Sleeth Family Collection A child of the American frontier, Mattie Sleeth was a fire and brimstone Methodist preacher who honed her skills on the prairies of Kansas and Nebraska before moving to Portland where she rose to statewide prominence as a suffragist and temperance advocate. She served as the first woman juror on… admin 01/09/11
Sister Miriam Theresa (Caroline Gleason) Papers Caroline Joanna Gleason was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 15, 1886. Gleason received her B.A. and high school teaching certification from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1908. She relocated to Portland Oregon where she became enmeshed in the social justice movement in the state. Working with Reverend… admin 01/08/11
Betty Roberts Papers Roberts’s political career began in 1964 when she was elected as a state representative in the Oregon legislature.  Four years later, she was elected the sole woman in the state Senate.  In 1974 she narrowly lost the Democratic gubernatorial primary.  Later in 1974, she was chosen by the Democratic Party… admin 01/07/11
Barbara Roberts Papers Barbara Roberts was elected the first woman Governor of the state of Oregon in 1990, serving from 1991 through 1995. During her term as Governor, Roberts worked with the Clinton administration to secure federal waivers and funding for the Oregon Health Plan. She also helped to increase the number of… admin 01/06/11
Norma Paulus Papers Norma Jean Petersen Paulus was born in Nebraska in 1933, and raised in Burns, Oregon, graduating from the Burns Union High School in 1950. Her first job, as a secretary to the Harney County district attorney, led to work as a legal secretary in Salem, Oregon. Oregon Supreme Court Chief… admin 01/06/11
Oregon Women’s Political History Collections. The Oregon Women’s Political History Collections constitute a large grouping of individual manuscript collections with a common focus. These collections document the continuing efforts of women in Oregon to “promote equitable representation of women and women’s interests in the decision-making process of government by maximizing the inclusion and involvement of… admin 01/05/11
Esther Pohl Lovejoy Papers Esther Pohl Lovejoy was the second woman to graduate from the University of Oregon Medical School and the first woman to practice. Her career in medicine included publi health, internationl servie with the American Red Cross and the American Women’s Hospital Service. Lovejoy was a strong advocate for women’s rights… admin 01/05/11
Darlene Hooley Papers Darlene Olson Hooley (1939- ) entered local politics in 1976 because the city of West Linn was slow to respond when her son was injured on a public playground. She became the first woman member of the West Linn city council and worked for family safety and protections for working… admin 01/04/11
Carrie Hervin Papers Carrie Hervin (1893-1989) found herself “pegged” when she attended a meeting of the League of Women Voters. The Portland League wasted no time in employing her leadership skills and she became president during World War II. With the demand for women’s volunteer hours stretched thin by the needs of the… admin 01/04/11
Edith Green Papers Edith Green served ten consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1955 to 1974, as the Representative for the 3rd District of the State of Oregon. A schoolteacher turned politician, she was active in all aspect of Democratic Party politics and was especially interested in educational issues… admin 01/03/11
Avel L. Gordly Papers Avel L. Gordly was the first African American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate, representing Oregon Senate’s 23rd District from 1997 to 2009.  Prior to her service as a Senator, Gordly was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1996.  A native of… admin 01/02/11
Abigail Scott Duniway Papers Abigail Scott Duniway, born October 22, 1834, was an indefatigable leader in the women’s suffrage movement in Oregon and the Northwest. In her life she encountered both personal setbacks and political obstacles. She suffered poor health, money problems, and opposition from her own brother Harvey Scott, editor of the Portland… admin 01/02/11
Eva Emery Dye Papers The papers of one of Oregon’s most prominent literary figures, who popularized Oregon Country history and Sacajawea as a heroine of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Eva Emery Dye (1855-1947) was a native of Illinois who worked her way through Oberlin College as an elementary school teacher.  She married lawyer… admin 01/01/11
Organizing Committee Century of Action celebrates 100 years of Oregon women’s right to vote and advances the understanding of women’s citizenship in Oregon’s history. Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote, 1912–2012 is a project of the Oregon Women’s History Consortium (OWHC), a new organization formed to lead the centennial celebration of woman… admin 09/03/10
Contact Us Century of Action PO Box 8276 Portland, OR 97207-8276 Email Donations by check can be mailed to the address above. admin 09/02/10
August 26, 1912: Suffragists Organize in Dallas, Oregon “Women Are Organizing: Many Men of Dallas Among Workers for Suffrage Cause,” Oregonian, August 27, 1912, 6. By August 1912 suffragists around the state were gearing up for the final months leading to the election on November 5. Here we read about the organization of suffragists in the town of… admin 08/09/10
Century of Action-OE History Night Take 1 octagonal barn, 1 suffrage lecturer, 2 pioneer women political figures, 15 Suffrage Players, and 161 history enthusiasts and you get one packed, fun, sing-along educational evening at the Century of Action-Oregon Encyclopedia History night at McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse last Tuesday. In addition to learning about how Oregon… admin 08/09/10
Donating to the Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote, 1912-2012 Over the past year the work of planning for the centennial has made great strides. As a project of the Northwest History Network, the Oregon Woman Suffrage Centennial received a grant for $9,961 from the Oregon Heritage Commission to develop an official centennial website that will contain historical documents, essays,… admin 08/09/10
1912 - 2012: 100 Years of Women’s Votes in Oregon   In 2012, Oregonians will observe the 100th anniversary of the achievement of woman suffrage in our state. Women in western states led the way in successful campaigns for the vote well before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in August 1920. Since 1912, Oregon women have been able to… admin 08/09/10
March 2010 Update What’s new? Dear Friend of Oregon Women’s History: Thank you so much for taking our survey, answering our phone call or email, meeting with us to give advice, or just being enthusiastic about our work to plan for the Oregon woman suffrage centennial in 2012. We have been busy over… admin 07/20/10
July 5, 1894: “An Open Letter Addressed to the Friends President Lydia Hunt King, M.D., Secretary Abigail Scott Duniway, and members of the Oregon State Woman Suffrage Association announced their reinvigorated campaign for votes for women in an open letter to “Friends of Equal Suffrage in the Northwest” in the July 5, 1894 edition of the Oregonian. .In their long… admin 07/01/10
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June 1912: Selling Suffrage and Sandwiches at the Portland Rose Festival “Votes-for-Women Ballyho Wagon, Pike Davis Spieling, Will Furnish Sandwiches,” Portland Evening Telegram, June 8, 1912, 2. The Portland Rose Festival was in its fifth year in 1912 and members of the Portland Woman’s Club Suffrage Campaign Committee capitalized on the event as an occasion to promote the votes for women… admin 06/09/10
May 1912 “Suffrage Interest Keen: Speakers Engaged to Conduct Educational Campaign at Grants Pass,” The Oregonian, May 20, 1912, 7. Grants Pass suffragists invited Rosetta (Mrs. Jackson) Silbaugh* to speak on how woman suffrage could help to solve the problems of cities. Many supporters would have been interested in the specific ways… admin 05/09/10
April 1906 “Conference on Suffrage: One Hundred Women Are Expected to Attend Sessions,” The Oregonian, April 3, 1906, 14. Oregon suffragists prepared for the June 1906 election that would bring the question of votes for women to the ballot after the resounding send-off given to the campaign at the 1905 National American… admin 04/25/10
March, 1912 The Oregon woman suffrage campaign of 1912 exemplifies the “new” movement for woman suffrage in many ways, including the strategic use of mass advertising for the cause. The Woman Suffrage Campaign Committee of the Portland Woman’s Club, led by Sara Evans, Grace Watt Ross and Esther Pohl Lovejoy, secured the… admin 03/20/10
February, 1874 On the first day of the convention that would create the Oregon Woman Suffrage Association the weather was “inclement” and the “Mass Meeting of the Friends and Advocates of the Woman Movement” at Portland’s Oro Fino Theater started a half an hour late. Perhaps organizers hoped that more supporters would… admin 02/19/10
Chinese Women Are Not Voters   admin 07/04/12
Suffragist Believes Type Criticised by “antis” Improve World. Letter to the editor, Mrs. A. E. Clark admin 05/11/12
College Equal Suffragists, Chinese Women Dine Together   admin 04/12/12
Arguments Against Woman’s Suffrage Call Forth Reply Letter to the editor, by E. M. Newell admin 04/04/12
Suffrage Advice Given Letter to the Editor, by Mrs W. P. Olds admin 02/20/12
Politics For Women News article admin 02/01/12
Conference On Suffrage News article admin 04/03/06
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