Suffrage Victory Marks 1920 Constitutional Change
The 19th amendment granting women the vote was signed into law on August 26, 1920, after a long battle led by suffrage advocates like Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony. In Danville and Virginia, initial opposition lingered. local efforts by the Danville Equal Suffrage League organized registration drives, with Mrs. T.M. Meade among leaders guiding the first 20 women to register and urging widespread qualification for the November election.
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Bainbridge Colby
Danville
Virginia
United States
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Staton
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Susan B. Anthony
Danville Register
General Assembly
Charles A. Gravatt
Port Royal
Tennessee
Washington, D.C
Woodrow Wilson
Ile
Warren Harding
James Cox
T.M. Meade
Rucker Penn
Randolph Meade
Anna McGee
T. Connally Guerrant
Charles G. Evans
W.W. Williamson
John W. Carter Jr
Henry G. Leigh
R.A. Schoolfield
Charles Orchard
Patty Douthat
Annie Redd Carter
Celia E. Brian
W.M. Perry
Mary B. Patterson
Bessie A. Batterman
Bessie W. Lyerly
Grover C. Mankin
Ellen Blair Harvey
Meade
R.A. Burton
T.C. Guercant
C.8. Baker
John B. Harvie
James T. Catlin Jr
Nellie Wynn
John G. Witcher
L.C. Crumpler
James D. Harrison
Malcolm K. Harris
Lucy Lee Fitzgerald
Mrs.Dodson
England
Mrs. Dodson
Boston
Danville Women Recall Radical Early Suffrage Era
Local women reflect on the suffrage movement era in Danville. Ellie Holton recalls militant marches from Mount Vernon Church to Craghead Street with over 100 participants, while Cassie Young and F M Kegley offer mixed views on activism and voting rights. Dodson recalls English suffrage clashes and voting after immigrating to the United States.
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Main Street
Ellie F. Holton
Arnett Blvd
Mount Vernon Church
Craghead Street
Holton
Cassie Young
Green St
Pye
Miss Young
Obituary notices from Danville area
Long obituary column lists Jeff Barker of Kentuck Community retired farmer with surviving wife Annie Blankenship and many children and relatives. Includes funeral details for Barker and several others: Robert Strader, 14, of 924 Grove St. Mary Kendrick, 78 of Callands. David Taylor, 02. Spruce Reynolds, 64, of Chatham. plus multiple siblings and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements handled by local chapels.
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Robert Strader
Grove St
St. Mark’s
Kendrick
Pittsylvania County
Rye Mays
Molly Collins Mays
W. Thomas Kendrick
County Line Christian Church
R. Edwin Reynolds
Callands Rt
Effard Oaks Axton
David Rigney
Callands
Daniel Hawkins
Martinsvvile Rt
Noel Kendrick
Call
Regional sewer project and community food program funding approved
EPA funds $168000 plus $56000 local for Glenwood Westover Hills interceptor plans. Col Victor White endorsed. no regional plan conflict. Danville CIC Inc. approved for $40000 from CSA for local food and nutrition continuation with gardening, greenhouse, and emergency food bank. Drought aid for Stuart Ridgeway and Henry County. Henry County gravel road treatment funded.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Glenwood
Westover Hills
WPPDC
Col
Victor White
Danville Community Improvement Council Inc
Community Services Administration
Stuart
Ridgeway
Henry
Henry County
Tobacco Prices Break Hundred At Area Markets
Danville and Clarksville area tobacco markets posted averages above 103 per pound on Thursday. Danville sold 584,673 pounds for 605,003 dollars, averaging 103.48, while Clarksville moved 253,728 pounds at an average of 108.67. The Tobacco Marketing Service logged 253,720 pounds for 275,727 dollars at an average of 108.87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Clarksville
Tobacco Marketing Service
Godwin To Head Historical Group
Virginia Governor Mills Godwin was named chairman of a 15 year educational conference series marking the start of a 15 year study of events after the American Revolution. The York Pennsylvania kickoff, Nov 13 15, will draw about 200 leaders under the theme One Nation Indivisible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Mills Godwin
York
Godwin
Norman Cohn
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Kansas
Star Laundry Co
Alice Paul
Stuches
F.M. Kegley
Halifax Road
Dan River
George Wallace
Hikia Dodson
Ringgold
Jeff Barker
Jeff Bedford
Bass) Barker
Memorial Hospital
Barker
Luenburg County
Charlie Y. Barker
Ida Davis Barker
Kentuck
Kentuck Baptist Church
Annie Blankenship
Rachel B. Nautista
Bradenton
Gla
Barbara B. Womack
Vernon Hill
Barry
Edward
Virgie B. Jones
Louise B. Rodgers
Sutherling
Betty B. Davis
Katherine B. Fitts
Connie B. Morris
Danville Rt
Wrenn-Yeatts
Charlie Shelton
Howard F. Wells
Blankenship
Ringgold Re
Mary Kendrick
Mary Mays Kendrick
Kennedy House
Martinsville
David Taylor
Bord
Silas
Maria Wilson Taylor
Johnson C. Smith University
Biddle University
Charlotte
N.C
Omega Psi Phi
Taylor
Meuse- Argonne
High Street
Dixie Sernaders
North Carolina
Heis
Marie Jones
Columbus
Ohio
Helene Jacobs Cave
Brooklyn
Frankie Jacob Gillette
San Francisco
Cal
A. Taylor Jacobs
Kalamazoo
Mich
Renata Jones Henry
Philadelphia
Karen Jones
Rochester
High Street Baptist Church
Oak Ffill
Harvey
Spruce
Chatham
Spruce Reynolds
Chatham Ret
He Was
Son
Macy McNeely Reynolds
Chatham Rt. 4
Charlie Ward Reynolds
Nina Martin Reynolds
Tabernacle Christian Church
Virginia Highway Department
Melvin V. Reynolds
Chatham Rt
Frederick W. Reynolds
Herman F. Reynolds
EH. Chappel
Garden Grove
Calif
Wyatt Oakes
Hal. Smith
Springfield
Wallace Garlick
Falls Church
Dillard Reynolds
C.D
Scott Funeral Home
Roy Parker
Zeke Crawford
Cemetery of Hollywood Baptist Church
Monroe Street
Giles Flower
Doris
Jim Bernard
Kenbridge
South Boston
South Hill
Virginie
Madison
Mebane
Mt. Airy
Reidyville
Roxboro
Winston-Salem
Danville Vault Corporation
Chatham Road
Bud Floyd
Milam
Dr. Stoneburner
Danville Life Savin
Husband
FTD Fiorist
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