Abigail Scott Duniway Oregon Suffrage Leader Postkarte

Abigail Scott Duniway is the pioneer woman who lead the suffrage movement in the West. She an author, newspaper editor, and advocate of both Native American rights and those of Chinese decent. She saw the suffrage amendment get defeated in Oregon a total of 5 times—more than any other state— before it finally passed on the sixth attempt in 1912. The governor himself asked her to sign proklamiert acknowledging role in the fight for women's right to vote. She the first woman to register to vote in county and was given the honor to be the first woman to vote in Oregon.