UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture
Florence Brown Cotnam correspondence with League of Women Voters; Letter from the Chairman to Louis Wynn Date: 1920 Physical Format: document See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll3/id/16636 More from this collection Florence Brown Cotnam Collection, 1916-1932 (UALR.MS.0160) Exercises that feature…
Women’s suffrage valentine Date: Physical Format: photographic prints 5 x 7 in. black and white See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1326/rec/1 More from this collection Bernie Babcock Photograph Collection, ca. 1860-1956 (UALR.PH.0060) Exercises that feature this item “Love Me, Love…
Members of “petticoat government” in Winslow, Arkansas Photo 3: Mayor and members of the city council in Winslow, Arkansas, pose for a group portrait. Elected in 1925, they were nicknamed “the petticoat government.” Seated is Mayor Virginia Maud Dunlap Duncan.…
Mrs. Hunt and Miss Erle Chambers, Arkansas’ first two female legislators Photo 2: Mrs. Frances Hunt of Pine Bluff (right) and Miss Erle Chambers of Little Rock (left) walk down a street. They were Arkansas’s first two female legislators, 1923.…
Women’s suffrage protestors at 200 block of Main Street in Little Rock Photo 1: Protestors for women’s suffrage drive by the 200 block of Main Street in Little Rock, ca. 1912-1913. Calvin Hanna Collection, ca. 1877-1950 (UALR.MS.0054) Date: 1912-1913 Physical…
Educated Citizenship Theme: Government and Civil Society Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1920 Introduction The first serious attempt to grant Arkansas women the right to vote emerged shortly after the Civil War, when Miles Ledford Langley of Arkadelphia proposed at…
Fighting for Women’s Voting Rights Theme: Government and Civil Society Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1919 Introduction The first serious attempt to grant women in Arkansas the right to vote emerged shortly after the Civil War when Miles Ledford…
“Love Me, Love My Vote” Theme: Government and Civil Society Grade Levels: 5-6 7-8 K-4 Time Period: 1900-1925 Introduction Before the United States became an independent state, only selected individuals in the colonies had the right to participate in the…
Arkansas Women and Politics Theme: Women of Arkansas Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1912-1925 Introduction Prior to the colonization of the Americas by Europeans, many indigenous (Native) American cultures recognized the political power of women. While men dominated indigenous…