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Woman Suffrage: The Black Spot on the Map

By admin November 1, 2014 Nevada Suffrage, Sally on Suffrage

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…

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Woman Suffrage: The Voters

By admin October 1, 2014 Nevada Suffrage, Sally on Suffrage

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…

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Woman Suffrage: Tactics

By admin September 1, 2014 Nevada Suffrage, Sally on Suffrage

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…

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Woman Suffrage – When Leaders Failed to Lead

By admin August 1, 2014 Nevada Suffrage, Sally on Suffrage

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 –…

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History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Nevada

By admin April 28, 2014 Nevada Suffrage, Sally on Suffrage

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…

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An Introduction: Sally Springmeyer Zanjani, Ph.D.

By admin April 28, 2014 Sally on Suffrage

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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Suffrage In Nevada

  • Woman Suffrage: The Black Spot on the Map
  • Woman Suffrage: The Voters
  • Woman Suffrage: Tactics
  • Woman Suffrage – When Leaders Failed to Lead
  • History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Nevada

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