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Not only did its alumni organize and campaign for woman suffrage, many, like Alice Simpson, joined in the war effort—raising funds, building military housing, and driving ambulances on the front.
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Anne Halsey,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Aug. 2025
In the 1860s, opponents of woman suffrage began to organize locally.
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Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
4 June 2023
Almost without exception, however, the returns during the morning showed majorities in favor of woman suffrage, and before night the indications are that the balance will stand well in favor of that amendment.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2021
The ratification effort to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to grant woman suffrage was defeated by popular vote in the 1915 election.
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USA Today,
13 Aug. 2020
When the woman suffrage movement first began in the mid-19th century, its champions had all become human-rights activists in the searing fires of the abolitionist movement.
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Ellen Carol Dubois,
Time,
20 Feb. 2020
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Anne Halsey,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Aug. 2025
In the 1860s, opponents of woman suffrage began to organize locally.
—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
4 June 2023
Almost without exception, however, the returns during the morning showed majorities in favor of woman suffrage, and before night the indications are that the balance will stand well in favor of that amendment.
—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2021
The ratification effort to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to grant woman suffrage was defeated by popular vote in the 1915 election.
—
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2020
When the woman suffrage movement first began in the mid-19th century, its champions had all become human-rights activists in the searing fires of the abolitionist movement.
—
Ellen Carol Dubois,
Time,
20 Feb. 2020
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“Woman suffrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woman%20suffrage. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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