The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
HALF CENTURY
STRUGGLE WON
Battle Begun in 1869 Is
Victorious in
1920.
PROUD OF The RECORD
Many Defeats Suffered in the
Long and Determined Eff
fort for Woman Vote.
BY CARRIE CHAPMAN GAIT.

BY CARRIE CHAPMAN Gait.
In 1859 the women OF Wyoming
territory won full outrage. That
was the year the National Suffrage
association was organized, with the
purpose or securing suffrage to
women citizens Of Tho United States
hy national and state legislation.
In 1875 the National Suffrage as
ISOLATION drafted tho federal suf
frsge amendment in its present
form and presented It 10 the 45th
congress.
For so years the National SUI
frHEe association cat iriod on "A con-
rrossIonal campaign IN Washington
to secure the passage OF the amend
mCut
In 1872. 1854. 1SSc and 1889 It
20, the amendment reported from
tho senate committee with a favor
able majority In 1890, without
recommendation. II 1898, with a
favorable majority n 1895, with
out recommendation In 1918. 1914
and 1916. with a favorable major
ity In 1917, unanimously
In the house the Sauonal Sur-
fraEe association secured a favor
able majority report from commit
tee In 1883 and 1890. The amend
mont was reported out Of commit
tee. with adverse uajorities. in
1854, 1856 and 1894. without
recommendation. in 1914, 1915 and
1917 In 1917 tho National secured
the formation OF mouse suffrage
committee. In 1918. after herCulean
efforts on the part o. the Nation
ais great rotary lobby, variously
called the front door lobby and the
visiting lobby, the amendment was
reported favorably from the house
committee.
on January 25. 1887, the senate
l had voted down the amendment
, by "a 10 IS.
Il was March 10, 1914 before II
again came to vote In the senate
BY then It had more than doubled
the yea vote il could command. the
record standing yeas, 35, nays, "a
In the house II had been voted
on first on January 12, 1916
yeas 174, nays. 204
We come now to the victory era
OF the amendment,
Il was next voted on in the
house on January 1c, l9lS--yeas,
274, nays, 1S6-ard carried
On October ]. 1918 victory was
missed in the senate by two votes,
on February 10. 1919. victory was
again delayed in the senate by one
vote, the record standing 63 to 80.
On May 81, 1919. the house OF
the 66th congress swept the meas
ure 10 victory by the huge majority
OF AZ votes-yeas, 305: nays. 50;
262 necessary to win.
On June 4. 1913. the senate fol-
lowed suit by a vote Of &C to so.
During all this latter decade of
raCking effort the National was not
only guiding and directing the .eon-
sressional campaign 1t wa;s back
ing 1t up by winning suffrage in so
many states, making voters OF so
many women, that there was no
Withstauding their demand for fed
eral action.
In 1893, under the National ban
ner, suffrage was won for Colo
RADIO women. In 1925, Utah. In 1896,
Idaho IN 1910. Warrington In
1911, California. in 1912, Arizona,
Kansas and Oregon. In 1919, the
territory of Alaska. In 1914 Ne
brdska and Montana. In 1917, New
York. In 1918, >Oklahoma. Michi-
gan and South Dakota. Nor was
that all. Beginning in 1913, a great
campaign for presiaential suffrage
was inaugurated by the National.
That campaign ended, in 1919.
with Kentucky squc e2iug in in 1920
Tor good measure. III the interim
the women of Indiana, Iowa, Maine,
Minnesota and Miss"Gri, Nebraska.
North Dakotah. Rhode Island, Ten
neSsee, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas and
Arkansas tthe last two have pri-
mary suffrage onlv) had all been
empowered TO vote Cor the next
president Of the United States, MAX
ing a grand total OF so states, in
elusive II the is fu.i suffrage states,
where l7500,000 women could have
flknn ri In Ahn fDAnrnl nlnnA Anrs