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California in 1911, Arizona in 1912, Kansas in 1912, Oregon in 1912, Alaska in 1913, Nevada in 1914, Montana in 1914, New York in 1917. |
By 1917 women also had the right to vote for president and all offices except the judiciary, in Illinois, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Michigan. At that time there was partial suffrage for women in Arkansas, New Mexico, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Florida and Ohio. In some of these states just mentioned, women voted for very few offices, but still they had a slight voice in the affairs of their state, and a large number of states refused women all voting rights. They were Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maine, Indiana, Delaware and Virginia.
Dr. Shaw’s life dream was realized when woman was given the right to vote on all questions in every state in 185 the union by an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Dr. Shaw died in the service of her country at Washington, in 1918.
Like so many of America’s noble men and women, the secret of Anna Shaw’s life has been service to others,––doing good to her fellowmen and working always for human justice.
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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
“O Beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.” ––Katharine Lee Bates. |