Seeking Women’s Rights to Vote
At the start of the twentieth century, women increased the pressure to secure voting rights. In this photograph, at the Cleveland, Ohio, Woman Suffrage Headquarters can be seen Belle Sherwin (1868–1955) (at extreme right) noted reformer and president of the National League of Women Voters and Florence E. Allen (1886–1966) (holding the flag), who in 1934 became the first woman to be named a federal appellate judge. A constitutional amendment to guarantee women’s right to vote did not pass Congress until 1919.
At the start of the twentieth century, women increased the pressure to secure voting rights. In this photograph, at the Cleveland, Ohio, Woman Suffrage Headquarters can be seen Belle Sherwin (1868–1955) (<em>at extreme right</em>) noted reformer and president of the National League of Women Voters and Florence E. Allen (1886–1966) (<em>holding the flag</em>), who in 1934 became the first woman to be named a federal appellate judge. A constitutional amendment to guarantee women’s right to vote did not pass Congress until 1919.