Margaret Fay Whittemore
Margaret Fay Whittemore | |
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.jpg) Margaret Whittemore, 1925 | |
| Born | May 14, 1884 Evanston, Illinois |
| Died | December 2, 1937 (aged 52–53) Santa Barbara, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Suffragist |
Margaret Fay Whittemore (1884–1937) was an American suffragist active with the National Woman's Party campaigns in Michigan, Ohio, and California.
Early Life
Margaret Fay Whittemore was born in Evanston, Illinois on May 14, 1884. She was the granddaughter of Quaker Suffragist Eliza Seaman Leggett. [1]
In 1912 Whittemore joined the Equal Suffrage League of Wayne County. She joined the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CU), later the National Woman's Party (NWP).[1]
In 1915 Whittemore organized state branches of the CU in California, Michigan, and Ohio, and organized a suffrage booth for the CU at the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Her sister-in-law, Marjorie Miller Whittemore, became head of the Michigan branch of the subsequent National Woman's Party.[1]
Through the NWP Whittemore was involved in advocating for federal suffrage in the western states of Washington,[2] Oregon,[3] and Idaho. In 1918, she was head of the Idaho election campaign where she was unsuccessful in the campaign to persuade Idaho Senator William Borah to support the vote for the suffrage amendment.[4]
In 1922, after women had won the right to vote, Whittemore continued her activism, specifically she and Mabel Vernon drove from Indiana to California, supporting women candidates running in the 1924 elections. In 1925, Whittemore became one of five vice-presidents of the National Woman's Party.[1]
Whittemore died in Santa Barbara, California on 2 December 1937.[1]
Further reading
- Irwin, Inez Haynes (1921). The Story of the Woman's Party. New York: Harcourt, Brace.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Keating, James. "Biographical Sketch of Margaret Fay Whittemore". Biographical Database of Militant Suffragists, 1913–1920. Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Campaign in Oregon-- Margaret Fay Whittemore, Mary Gertrude Fendall, Pendleton, Oregon, Sept 23, '16". Library of Congress. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Margaret Whittemore campaigning in Oregon in white on platform". Library of Congress. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Margaret Fay Whittemore (b. 1884)". Turning Point Suffragist Memorial. Retrieved 11 November 2019.