It’s been two days since our Washington State Caucus.
At first I was pretty disturbed at the lack of organization but came away pretty impressed with the local involvement with a record turnout. With this recent political momentum I wanted to look back at two Pacific Northwest icons of the Women’s Suffrage movement.
After all, it wasn’t until 1920 that the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution came about — granting women the right
to vote. Pictured first is
Emma Smith DeVoe, a major player in the movement and presidential elector.
Below DeVoe you’ll find Dr. Cora Smith King of Seattle, who was a prominent member of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage.
P.S. I’m locked in a heated contest over at Metroblogging Seattle
against another blog in their Blarch Badness Blogging Contest.
Click here to head over and stick up for Vintage Seattle. They’ve also posted
an interview with little ol’ me. Something tells me I should have had Shipley answer the questions for me.
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Mrs. Emma Smith Devoe, of Seattle, Washington ca. 1910-1920. Image courtesy Library of Congress, U.S. Copyright Office.
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Dr. Cora Smith King of Seattle, Washington ca. 1913-14. Image courtesy Library of Congress, U.S. Copyright Office.
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Would it be too forward if you and, say, Shipley go take the ladies out on a double date?
I really don’t get the whole Blarch Badness voting thing. I voted though.
The name is a little strange. At first when I heard that I’d been nominated, I thought I’d done something wrong.
Cliffe
God, that’s what I thought when I clicked on the link. I’m like “What the hell is this? Should I stick up for him or do I praise the site?” I read the interview where the guy said he liked your blog and then figured it out from there.
BTW, I loved it when you said a sole motivation for starting the site was to stop boring your friends with the historical info. Hahahaha! I know that experience all too well.
And speaking of women in Seattle politics, we had the first woman mayor of a “major” US city, Bertha Knight Landes, 1926 – 1928.