Orleans County Defeated Suffrage Amendment in 1917

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2017-11-11

Authors

Ballard, Matthew R.

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County of Orleans

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Orleans County , Women's History , Village Of Albion

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Although Susan B. Anthony and other supporters of women's suffrage were active throughout Orleans County, but despite the activism throughout the area the vote to extend suffrage was defeated. Albion would later become one of the first municipalities in New York where women could vote in local elections.

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