As U.S. celebrates 100 years of women voting, Willamette professor chronicles how Oregon suffragists won the ballot
Cindy Richards, professor of civic communication and media at Willamette University, holds a copy of the 1909 Washington Women’s Cook Book, a publication from the state’s suffrage association (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)
In 1872, at least four Oregon women attempted to vote in the U.S. presidential election as part of a national women’s suffrage campaign.
At the time, suffragists argued that the 14th and 15thAmendments to the U.S. Constitution had already given women the…
