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In this short letter, Mrs. L. W. Therkelsen, publicity chairman of the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association, sends her congratulations to Lucy Johnston, President of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association, after the successful passage of a universal women's suffrage amendment to the Kansas state constitution. Therkelsen hoped that the amendment to the Oregon constitution, which was currently under consideration, would be equally successful. Oregon did eventually pass an equal suffrage amendment in 1912, becoming the third state that year to do so.
Creator: Therkelsen, Mrs. L. W.
Date: November 6, 1912
This letter provides another illustration of how suffragists in other states corresponded with Kansas suffrage leaders. It will be useful in the classroom as an example of the broader context of the movement.
KS:7th:4.1:Women's suffrage (2005)
Item Number: 211729
Call Number: Lucy B. Johnston Coll. 61, Box 5, Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211729
Collections - Manuscript - Johnston, Lucy Browne
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - Kansas Equal Suffrage Association
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Women's suffrage (Indicator 1) - Amendment to state constitution
Date - 1910s - 1912
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Women
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Johnston, Lucy Browne, 1846-1937
People - Women
Places - Other States - Oregon
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211729