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Women's Suffrage Museum Events & Cultural Center

Mission statement for Suffrage Coalition Inc.’s Project: Women’s Suffrage Museum – Events & Culture Center - Locate and preserve the epic history of the movement that brought democracy to the other half of our citizens. Use accurate, immersive storytelling to inspire future generations to value their rights and faithfully perform their duties as citizens.

Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915) IL

Abigail Scott Duniway
  • Outspoken and often controversial, Abigail Scott Duniway is remembered as Oregon's Mother of Equal Suffrage and "the pioneer Woman Suffragist of the great Northwest."
  • Lecturer, organizer, writer, and editor, she devoted over forty years to the cause of women's rights.
  • Attended National Suffrage Conventions and became one of five National Woman Suffrage Association Vice-Presidents-at-Large.
  • In 1890, she helped negotiate the merger of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, which became the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Quotes:

"The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price."

 

"It's odd that men feel they must protect women, since for the most part they must be protected from men."

 

"When women's true history shall have been written, her part in the upbuilding of this nation will astound the world."