https://westportsuffragists.squarespace.com/locations daily 0.75 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585852146576-FFXCFRRG22ZJFT2UFROS/Wright+Street.jpg Locations Wright Street was home to many families of suffragists and artists in Westport. The first official meeting of the Westport Equal Franchise League (WEFL) was held here at Agnes Lewis Mitchill’s residence. Courtesy, Bill Scheffler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585853688038-BO3SLOBFEOQVB3QPQBDE/WHeeler%2Bbutton%2Bfactory%2B.jpg Locations Labor issues and fair wages for immigrant and native workers was a concern of suffragists. In 1912, WEFL members began visiting local factories—like the Saugatuck button works and Lees Manufacturing Co.—which hired female laborers. Members would give inspiring soapbox speeches, even in Italian, French, or German, at the factory doors. Courtesy, Bill Scheffler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585852913065-CY8UNPUV7T237UN2O97H/JOhnAdams%252BThayer%252Bhouse%252BWLH274a%2525281%252529.jpg Locations Mia Thayer, wife of Smart Set publisher John Adams Thayer, had a grand residence (Sylvan Road South and State Street), well suited for hosting a WEFL concert and a bridge party in 1916. In June 1917, Fairfield County leagues assembled there for their annual CWSA convention and “banners and suffrage colors were displayed all over the picturesque town.” Courtesy, Westport Library, Historic House Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585852280689-B5OBYXFB1SDR78EEAEIL/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Locations Compo Beach was the site of summer suffrage gatherings: a 1914 WEFL clambake and a 1916 Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association (CWSA) meeting of all the leagues in Fairfield County. There were more local chapters in Fairfield County than any other in the state and the most state representatives supporting the 19th Amendment. Courtesy, Bill Scheffler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585852425470-L39S9I5X6KN3SOA158I2/Old+Town+Hall.jpg Locations Westport’s cobblestone Town Hall, built in 1908, was the site of a 1912 Westport Equal Franchise League (WEFL) meeting. In 1915, the WEFL held a Washington’s Birthday rally here with State Attorney General John Light of Norwalk, well known for delivering speeches with “forceful oratory” on woman’s suffrage. Courtesy, Bill Scheffler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585852508657-QF57MU9E5D0MYLG96HSL/Fabel+Bldg.jpg Locations In January 1913, the WEFL began meeting in “their rooms” at the newly built Fable building. In addition, they held bridge and whist games here for socialization and fundraising. Such functions brought women together to talk strategy, solicit new members and rally for the cause. Courtesy, Bill Scheffler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585852569652-LDMDAC5I3AA4GNAOUS62/State+Street+bridge+wth+National+Hall.jpg Locations In 1873, Horace Staples built National Hall (seen at the end of the bridge) as a business and social center of Westport. In February 1915, the WEFL used the upstairs hall for a dance and rally to raise awareness and funds for the cause. Courtesy, Bill Scheffler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585852623707-WBPTLUTMETO0ACO6E3QK/Toquet+Building.jpg Locations Toquet Hall, built in 1892 to house the Westport Opera Co., was a poplar setting for town meetings and social events. In November 1913, it was a mainstage for the WEFL’s Suffrage Week. Among the speakers were WEFL members Emily B. Fuller on “The Necessity of a Mother’s Vote” and Rose B. 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Courtesy, Connecticut State Library, CWSA Records. https://westportsuffragists.squarespace.com/home/westportlibrary monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585776276766-6R5J4CAY0IND7Q6LTCV6/IMG_7561.jpg Home - The Westport Library Upon opening its doors, the Library also became the meeting pace of the Woman’s Town Improvement Association (est. 1907, today’s Westport Woman’s Club). In 1911, artists began annual art exhibitions, donating admission revenue to support programs. Courtesy, Bill Scheffler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585697849431-4P421K7H4U0IVROKBQFO/IMG_7558.jpg Home - The Westport Library The Connecticut Company (est. 1904) was the primary electric street railway provider in the state. Controlled by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, it operated city and rural trolleys along with freight service. Westport’s trolley line had multiple stops, including near the Library at “Hotel Square,” seen here, at the intersection of State, Main and Church streets. Courtesy, Bill Scheffler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585697981527-4DY232HJQF81ZL2YHE1S/IMG_2581%281%29.jpg Home - The Westport Library The trolley campaign built on the success of the CWSA’s 1911 automobile campaign in Litchfield County, where streets were swarmed by decorated automobiles carrying parties of suffragists. This time the CWSA employed a much larger transportation network. Courtesy, Fairfield Museum and History Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585698070782-2HMEKZFOBUMZNHMKUBVL/Bridgeeport+trolley+Medium+sized+JPEG.jpg Home - The Westport Library The trolley cars were decorated with flags and banners, much like this Bridgeport trolley in 1895. Courtesy, Fairfield Museum and History Center. https://westportsuffragists.squarespace.com/home/westportsuffrageinfluencers monthly 0.5 2020-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585773499513-VP2ETKA8RKOK668IU5OI/Mrs+Fuller+CIty+Hall+Bridgeport+CWSA+archives.jpg Home - Westport Suffrage Influencers Emily B. Fuller (center right, behind CWSA president Katharine Ludington) in Bridgeport at the 1919 CWSA Jubilee to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the organization. A key effort was lobbying a group of state Republicans who were “hindering the calling of a special session of the legislature” on the 19th amendment. 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Gerber and Nancy Healy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585755334432-UBWEHASFTARN7MQE2JH6/mazzanovich_e13%2Bcopy.jpg Home - Westport Suffrage Influencers Ann Holden Mazzanovich. Courtesy, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia. https://westportsuffragists.squarespace.com/home/womenartistsunite monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585775758088-SIKA2SRE6IEYAHHKF9LY/Eberle.jpg Home - Women Artists Unite Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (1878-1942), Little Mother, 1907. Bronze, cast in 1911 by S. Klaber & Co. Founders, NY. Lent by Graham Shay 1857, New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585686894449-GMYX0YVX6TVZBOA14ZHD/Eberele-%2BFInd%2Ba%2Bgrave%2Bcopy.jpg Home - Women Artists Unite Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, c. 1910s. Courtesy, Ancestry.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585940397722-FXWYG267L4BD6W49GJEU/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-04-03%252Bat%252B2.20.45%252BPM.jpg Home - Women Artists Unite Laura Gardin works on the clay model for the Better Babies medal, created for Woman’s Home Companion magazine, c. 1913. Courtesy, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585686928096-OAGXNG3OVAIWOARQBF5P/Large%2BJPG-20140228_Trade%2B151_0046.jpg Home - Women Artists Unite Lila Audubon Wheelock, 1911. Courtesy, Andrew Dasburg and Grace Mott Johnson Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585686727214-ZI0KX27UTF0ASRQVN2KV/Rose+O%27Neill+19th+Ammentdment+.jpg Home - Women Artists Unite Rose O’Neill proudly marched in New York City parades from 1914 to 1918. Here, she carries the “Illustrator” banner leading marchers from her profession. Courtesy, Susan Scott, Bonniebrook Gallery, Museum and Homestead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585939502831-42NU4D6F3LCLNUBKLKRL/1914.33.1.obv.noscale+copy.png Home - Women Artists Unite Laura Gardin Fraser (1899-1966), Woman’s Home Companion Better Babies Medal, 1913. Bronze, published by Crowell Publishing Co. American Numismatic Society, New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585939761738-HR349X089C3XI5YWT8U7/Wald+Hall+of+fame+y.png Home - Women Artists Unite EvAngelos Frudakis (1921-2019), Hall of Fame Medal of Lillian D. Wald, 1971. Bronze, cast by Medallic Art Co., NY. 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Courtesy, Ann Sheffer. https://westportsuffragists.squarespace.com/home/sarabuekcrawford monthly 0.5 2020-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585772795373-RBW3H1TWRY9ZXIEPPW36/Sara%252Bb%252BCrawford_portrait%252B.jpg Home - Sara Buek Crawford In 1940, Connecticut Secretary of State Sara B. Crawford (1939-41) and her daughter, Sara C. Maschal (state representative for Norwalk), were the first mother-daughter in the state seeking re-election. State of Connecticut Register and Manual (1940). Courtesy, Connecticut State Library, State Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e835f5cee99f678fdc3537c/1585699254743-YHYGR8GHPLC4F8RO4GM3/RET.IMG_3378%281%29.jpg Home - Sara Buek Crawford “Votes for Women” postcard (c. 1914) by Augusta M. Fleming. 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