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Henry Williams Photo 6: Henry Williams, Representative for Lincoln County in the Arkansas General Assembly in 1889 and 1891, undated. African Americans photograph collection, ca. 1890-1954 (UALR.PH.0052) Date: undated Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints…
John Gray Lucas Photo 5: John Gray Lucas, Representative for Jefferson County in the Arkansas General Assembly in 1891, undated. African Americans photograph collection, ca. 1890-1954 (UALR.PH.0052) Date: undated Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints…
George W. Lowe Photo 4: George W. Lowe, Representative for Monroe County in the Arkansas General Assembly in 1889, undated. African Americans photograph collection, ca. 1890-1954 (UALR.PH.0052) Date: undated Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints…
Henry A. Johnson Photo 3: Henry A. Johnson, Representative for Chicot County in the Arkansas General Assembly in 1891, undated. African Americans photograph collection, ca. 1890-1954 (UALR.PH.0052) Date: undated Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints…
Anderson Ebberson Photo 2: Anderson Ebberson, Representative for Jefferson County in the Arkansas General Assembly in 1877 and 1881, undated. African Americans photograph collection, ca. 1890-1954 (UALR.PH.0052) Date: undated Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white photographic prints…
Sebron Williams Dawson Photo 1: Sebron Williams Dawson, Representative for Jefferson County in the Arkansas General Assembly in 1889 and 1891, undated. African Americans photograph collection, ca. 1890-1954 (UALR.PH.0052) Date: undated Physical Format: 5 x 7 in. black and white…
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…
Florence Cotnam Brown correspondence with Arkansas Equal Suffrage Committee; Letter from Emmet Vaughn to Arkansas Equal Suffrage Central Committee Date: 1919 Physical Format: document See this item’s catalog record https://cdm15728.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll3/id/16663 More from this collection Florence Brown Cotnam Collection, 1916-1932 (UALR.MS.0160)…
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…
Black Legislators After the Civil War Theme: Civil War and Reconstruction Grade Levels: 7-8 9-12 Time Period: 1880-1900 Introduction The end of the Civil War in 1865 marked a momentous victory for African Americans. The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution…
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…