Wikipedia:GLAM/Washington State Historical Society/Events and Workshops/Edits for Women 2020


 * Something we learned from our previous session is, folks want to jump in and start editing! So, for this edit-a-thon we will be working together to overhaul one page: Women's suffrage movement in Washington (state).
 * Event is free, but registration required! Bring your own laptops - Wikimedian experts and yummy snacks provided!

First Wave: 1850-1870 The Women's Rights Movement Comes to Washington State

 * 18 yr Catherine Paine attends the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and is the youngest signer of the Declaration of Sentiments. Soon after, she moves to Seattle with her minister husband, establishes a Methodist church and school. Receives news of the women's suffrage movement and befriends early territorial legislator Arthur Denny
 * Arthur A. Denny proposes white woman's suffrage and loses by one vote.
 * Create small bio for Catherine Paine Blaine page

Second Wave: 1870-1900 Washington Women Attempt to Vote

 * Using the 14th Amendment and the citizenship argument to challenge election officials, sisters Mary Olney Brown and Charlotte Olney French attempt to vote in Thurston County elections.
 * Write about Edward Eldridge's bill striking 'male' from the record
 * Link to stubs of Mary Olney Brown and Charlotte Olney French. Build small bios of each woman.
 * Tell the story of the first successful vote of women at Littlerock and Grand Mound. List women who voted and sources.

Susan B Anthony Tours Washington

 * Summarize the tour of Susan B. Anthony in Washington, adding a map of places she touched down, links to her diary entries from the trip, links to newspaper article sources.
 * Link to Abigail Scott Duniway page
 * Add summary of Susan B. Anthony tour to the Abigail Scott Duniway page
 * Write about Susan B. Anthony's address to Washington Territorial Legislature
 * Write about the formation of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association
 * Write about the anti-suffrage law of Washington Territory established in 1871

Voting Rights Won and Lost, Twice in 5 years

 * Write about the victory of women getting the vote in 1883 and public reaction
 * What women did with the vote over four years
 * Write about losing the vote again in 1887, getting it back in 1888 and losing it again that same year
 * Write about Nevada Bloomer case
 * Write about 1889 Constitutional Convention and the disintegration of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association by 1905

Third Wave: 1906-1910 Women Organize

 * Write about the resurrection of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association by Emma Smith DeVoe, Carrie Chapman Catt, Dr. Cora Eaton Smith, and May Arkwright Hutton
 * Write about organization tactics (Washington Women's Cookbook, posters and publications - Missouri Hannah, Nettie Craig Asberry) and "still hunt" strategy of Emma Smith DeVoe and May Arkwright Hutton
 * Write about Alaska Yukon Exposition and Mt. Rainier mountaineering suffragists
 * Write about 1909 victory (Include links to primary sources: telegrams, letter from Horace Cayton congratulating Emma Smith DeVoe, newspaper articles)

Washington Wins and Ratifies

 * Write about suffrage 5-star flag sent to California (use photographs and postcard with suffrage song as primary source) and reaction in national suffrage movement newspapers after Washington win
 * Write about how Washington became the 35th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on March 22, 1920.