VOTES FOR WOMEN
- Program
- Subject
- Location
- Lat/Long
- Grant Recipient
-
National Votes for Women Trail
-
Event
- 151 S 4th St, Grand Forks, ND 58201, USA
- 47.9232711, -97.0288042
-
National Collaborative for Women's History Sites
VOTES FOR WOMEN
Inscription
VOTES FOR WOMENLOCAL SUFFRAGISTS FORMED
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOC. 1888
AND HOSTED FIRST STATEWIDE
CONVENTION IN 1895 HERE
IN EARLIER COURTHOUSE.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2020
In 1888 both men and women met at the old courthouse to form a Woman Suffrage Association. An April 13, 1888 article from the Daily Herald described the scene: “The court room was crowded, even standing room being taken.”
In 1895 the courthouse served as the site of the first statewide convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association. During this convention women discussed the issue of woman suffrage in the United States. In the years that followed, the women of North Dakota continued to pursue suffrage and eventually received the right to vote in 1920, after all necessary states ratified the 19th Amendment.
