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Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Letters Regarding Support of Farmers in Henry County

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Title	Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Letters Regarding Support of Farmers in Henry County
Subject	Civil Liberties Agriculture Ohio Women Women's suffrage Upton, Harriet Taylor, 1853-1945 Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Societies and clubs Farmers
Place	Napoleon (Ohio) Henry County (Ohio) Warren (Ohio) Trumbull County (Ohio)
Description	Two letters written in 1913 by Ohio Woman Suffrage Association President Harriet Taylor Upton concern the support of farmers in Henry County, Ohio. In the first letter, Upton asks Vadae Meekison in Napoleon to undertake a campaign to have local granges pass resolutions in support of women's suffrage. In a second letter, Upton suggests working with The Ohio Farmer publication to introduce farm women to the suffrage cause. The letters are two pages each and measure 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). Harriet Taylor Upton (1854-1945) was born in Ravenna, Ohio and lived much of her life in Warren, Ohio. She served as treasurer of the National Woman's Suffrage Association and coordinated the business of the association from her home in Warren from 1903 to 1910. In 1918, Upton became the first woman appointed to the Warren board of education. After Congress passed the 19th Amendment in 1920, giving women the right to vote, Upton became the first woman to serve as vice chairman of the National Executive Committee and made an unsuccessful run for Congress. The letters are part of the collection of Vadae G. Meekison (1884-1981), who was born in West Virginia and lived in Kansas, Michigan, and Indiana before moving to Ohio with her husband George. She received her law degree from Valparaiso (Indiana) University and was admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1907. When she began her law practice in Napoleon in 1926, she became one of the first women to practice law in Henry County. She was a critical figure in Ohio's women's suffrage movement because of her work as a speaker, petitioner, and local organizer. Her papers also include personal correspondence and form letters from Ohio Suffrage Association President Harriet Taylor Upton and other officers, describing plans for pro-suffrage campaign strategy and lecture tours in Henry County and northwest Ohio.
Creator	Upton, Harriet Taylor, 1853-1945
Date of Original	July 11, 1913; July 22, 1913
Collection	Vadae G. Meekison Collection http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/ms0211.html
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts) MS 211
Submitting Institution	Center for Archival Collections--Bowling Green State University
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om1841_2607011_010
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