Woman Suffrage: The Black Spot on the Map
Woman suffrage won easily in the 1914 referendum with 10,936 votes (60%) to 7,258 (40%). The tendency of innovations to spin outward from progressive states in each region clearly played…
Read moreWoman Suffrage: The Voters
The voters of 1914 differed significantly from the rural folk of the 1890s. The mining industry was on life support, and Nevada had spiraled into deep depression losing a third…
Read moreWoman Suffrage: Tactics
Fundamentally, the suffragists had a choice between speechmaking at rallies and pillow talk, plus a petition drive to gain a signature from every home in the state. Florence Boyer, daughter…
Read moreWoman Suffrage – When Leaders Failed to Lead
In 1914, as the Nevada woman suffrage referendum approached, it emerged as the radical third rail of state politics. The Democratic platform favored a popular vote on the issue –…
Read moreHistory of the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Nevada
The outcome was far from certain. Past efforts over many years to enact woman suffrage in Nevada were not encouraging. In 1883 it had passed the house in the legislature…
Read moreAn Introduction: Sally Springmeyer Zanjani, Ph.D.
Introducing Blog Writer Sally Springmeyer Zanjani, Ph.D. Author and Historian Nevada history comes alive in the skilled hands of Reno writer Sally Springmeyer Zanjani. She will write a monthly blog…
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