Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
During the summer of 1914, a large suffrage campaign was conducted across North Dakota. The Votes for Women League led the effort, working with organizations such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Volunteers and paid field workers traversed the state organizing 200 clubs (each with 10 to 500 women), holding public rallies, raising money, publishing ads: all in an effort to convince the men that they should vote for full voting rights for women.
The measure was defeated that fall, but after the election, North Dakotans understood more about women’s voting rights. This list of key officers was published in the Fargo Forum and Daily Republican. Check and see if your grandmother was a suffragist.
North Dakota Votes for Women League 1914
State Officers
President: Mrs. Clara L. Darrow of Fargo
Vice President: Beulah Amidon of Fargo
V.P at Large: Alice Hunter of Dickinson
Cor. Sec: Ella Boise of Fargo
Rec. Sec: Mary Weible of Fargo
Treasurer: Helen de Lendrecie of Fargo
Asst. Treasurer: Emma Pierce of Fargo
Campaign Manager: Elizabeth O’Neil of Fargo
Press: Mrs. Frances Bolley and Mrs. A. S. Little
District VPs
Anna Hazen of Larimore.
Mrs. William Falger of Devils Lake
Luella Hildreth of Fargo
Mrs. W. S. Lauder of Wahpeton
Kate Glaspell of Jamestown
Zetta Bodenstab of Bismarck
Bertha Farup of Park River
Mrs. P. M. Cole of Kenmare
Flora Burr of Bottineau
Mrs. V. H. Stickney of Dickinson
Martha T. Tatem of Williston
Mrs. George Bingenheimer of Mandan
Mrs. Guy Grove of Crosby
Local Chairs
Abercrombie: Alma Tweete
Ambrose: Agnes De Witt
Anamoose: Mrs. L. W. Wells
Antelope: Mrs. John Schmid
Antler: Mrs. George Else
Ardoch: Mrs. O.O. Scott
Arvilla: Mrs. John Fadden
Baden: Mrs. E. L. Price
Balfour: Mrs. E. C. Stone
Bantry: Mr. Clark King
Barton: Mrs. O. Fearing
Bathgate: Mrs. Manning
Beach: Mary J. Hudson
Belfield: Mrs. Flemington
Berwick: Mrs. N. M. Tweet
Bisbee: Mrs. I. J. Leonard
Bismarck: Fannie Quain
Bottineau: Pearl Hunter and Mrs. C. L. Hennessey
Bowbells: Julia Ellerstedt
Bowden: Mrs. H. E. Schmitt
Bowman: Mrs. R. T. Heywood
Brisbane: Lula Fleming
Brocket: Mrs. C. K. Vierlius
Buffalo: Mrs. Clark
Burleigh: Mrs. C. D. King
Buxton: Mrs. John E. Lerom
Cando : Mrs. S. F. Smith
Carrington: Mrs. E. L. Goss
Casselton: Mrs. R. C. Kittel
Cavalier: Mrs. John Mahon
Christine: Gertrude Johnson
Churches Ferry: Mrs. H. R. Murray
Cleveland: Mrs. S. A. Welch
Columbus: Mrs. C. J. King
Conway: Mary Vorachek
Cooperstown: Mrs. M. D. Westley
Cottonwood Lake: Mrs. S. Swazi
Courtenay: Mrs. Jones
Crary: Mrs. F. R. Stevens
Crocus: Mrs. Johnson
Crystal: Mrs. Ross
Dawson: Mrs. C. E. Knapp
Dazey: Mrs. E. A. Duff
Dennybrook: Mrs. R. R. Bullis
Derick: Mrs. Humphreys
Devils Lake: Mrs. A. M. Powell
Dickinson: Mrs. Heaton and Maisie Dinsdale
Donnybrook: Mrs. W. S. McIntire
Drayton: Mrs. Wylie
Dunseith: Mrs. A. L. France
Edgeley: Miss Miracle
Edmore: Mrs. L. C. Searle
Egeland: Mrs. Charles Tufford
Ekman: Mrs. M. J. Mullins
Eldridge: Clover Streck
Ellendale: Mrs. Benjamin Porter
Emerson: Mrs. E. A. Neff
Epping: Isabelle Lykken
Fargo: Mrs. Luella Hildreth
Fairmount: Mrs. Joseph Clark
Fessenden: Mrs. H. Lyness
Flaxton: Mrs. Christian
Fordville: Ethel Rea
Forman: Mrs. D. J. Jones
Gackle: Mrs. Thomas Pettit
Galesburg: Mrs. Ed Moe
Gardens: Mrs. R. H. Fairfield
Gardner: Miss Belle Hudson
Garrison: Mrs. Leo Mahowald
Gladstone: Mrs. George Lee
Glenburn: Mrs. Mabel Laing
Glen Ullin: Mrs. J. T. Nelson
Goodrich: Mrs. O. F. Jordal
Grafton: Mrs. O. M. Omlie
Grand Forks: Mrs. Alice N. Page and Temple Irwin
Grandin: Mrs. Knight
Granville: Mrs. Jayson Geddes
Hamilton: Mrs. John McDermid
Hampden: Mrs. Hogan
Hankinson: Mrs. J. R. Jones
Hansboro: Mrs. M. Lawler
Harvey: Mrs. Aloys Wartner
Hatton: Mrs. B. Harlvorson
Hebron: Mrs. E. O. Murray
Hettinger: Mrs. J. G. Johns
Hillsboro: Mrs. Loitwood
Hope: Mrs. S. S. Shippy
Hurdsfield: Mrs. G. A. Best
Inkster: Lee Crittenden
Jamestown: Alice Paddock
Jud: Agnes Thompson
Kramer: Mrs. C. M. Thorswold
Lakota: Mrs. W. C. Hagler
La Moure: Mrs. C. I. Hutchinson
Landa: Mrs. T. T. Landa
Langdon: Mrs. Walker
Lansford: Helen Ringer
Larimore: Mrs. W. G. Morris
Lawton: Mrs. J. E. Stevens
Leal: Mrs. J. H. Flewell
Leeds: Mrs. William Burns
Leonard: Mrs. William Watt
Lidgerwood: Mrs. Phillip Wohluend
Lignite: Mrs. John J. Monson
Lisbon: Mrs. C. W. Coates
Lonetree: Mrs. John Kassens
Mandan: Mrs. T. A. Cummins
Manning: Mrs. Pearl Evans
Mapleton: Mrs. Saunders
Marmarth: Mrs. Alma MCiueen
Martin: Mrs. G. H. Varney and Mrs. J. W. Varney
Max: Mrs. E. E. Nelson
Mayville: Mrs. Mattie Robinson
Melville: Mrs. Elisabeth Spink
Michigan: Mrs. Dr. Wager
Milton: Mrs. A. R. Stewar
Minnewaukan: Mrs. Torger Sinness
Minot: Mrs. Mary Colcord
Minto: Amy Evans
Mohall: Mrs. Percy Crewe
Monango: Mrs. Maud E. Scott
Napoleon: Mrs. John Doyle
Neche: Mrs. Jones
Newberg: Mrs. H. E. Martin
New England: Miss C. A. Madsen
New Leipzig: Mrs. R. E. Shavien
New Rockford: Mrs. Julia Kellington and Mary Craig
Omemee: Mrs. Max Ebenhahn
Oriska: Mrs. C. A. Fisher
Park River: Mrs. Bertha Farup
Pembina: Mrs. Kneeshaw
Pisek: Angela Lavak
Plaza: Mrs. C. L. Holt.
Plummer: Mrs. S. S. Swenson
Portal: Mrs. E. D. Prairie
Rolette: Mrs. J. F. Alexander
Rolla: Mrs. Mary Packard
Ross: Mrs. Peter Weidert
Roth: Mrs. O. O. Lee
Rugby: Mrs. Millie Holbrook and Irene Christianson
Russell: Mrs. R. T. Wood
Ryder: Miss Aldyth Ward
Stanley: Mrs. Fred. L. Alger
St. John: Mrs. Hartgraves
St. Thomas: Mrs. E. A. Taylor
Sanborn: Helen Blake
Sanger: Lottie Shark
Sarles: Mrs. Ella Naismith
Sherwood: Mrs. Alice M. Goheen
Sheyenne: Mrs. Fisher
Silva: Mrs. C. W. Wilson
Souris: Mrs. John Thorburn
Starkweather: Mrs. M. Fassen
Steele: Mrs. S. A. Hogue
Surrey: Grace Shirley
Sutton: Mrs. O. B. Hoff
Taylor: Mrs. C. H. Silvernail
Tansom: Mrs. Peter Tansom
Tappen: Mrs. D. McKee
Thorne: Mrs. John Gray
Tioga: Minnie Thompson
Towner: Mrs. C. E. Fouts
Underwood: Mrs. Vogel
Valley City: Mary Deem
Velva: Mrs. Lee
Wahpeton: Mrs. D. R. Jones
Walhalla: Mrs. Hugh Gibson
Walum: Mrs. Elsa J. Jacobson
Warwick: Mrs. R. E. Simmons
Warsaw: Gertrude Ryan
Washburn: Mrs. C. M. Packard
Westhope: Mrs. W. A. Medaugh
Wheelock: Lillian Cooke
White Earth: Mrs. G. D. Watts
Williston: Mrs. W. H. Denny
Willow City: Mrs. N. Bough
Wilton: Mrs. Annie Durand
Wimbledon: Mrs. Robert Clendenning
Wing: Helen Wilkinson
Wishek: Mrs. J. J. Doyle
Wyndmere: Mable Andrus
York: Mrs. W. A. Onion