Nevada Suffrage Centennial

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…

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…

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…

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 –…

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…