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The 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, passed in 1920, and in August of that year, a Chicago suffrage group paraded through Chicago urging women to register to vote in their first election. League of Women Voters members are Mrs. J.N. McGraw, from left, Mrs. G.N. Payson, Mrs. Charles S. Eaton, Mrs. E.F. Bemis, Mrs. A.N. Schweizer, Mrs. Ida Strawn Randall, trumpeter Helen Hamilton and Billie Frees.
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The 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, passed in 1920, and in August of that year, a Chicago suffrage group paraded through Chicago urging women to register to vote in their first election. League of Women Voters members are Mrs. J.N. McGraw, from left, Mrs. G.N. Payson, Mrs. Charles S. Eaton, Mrs. E.F. Bemis, Mrs. A.N. Schweizer, Mrs. Ida Strawn Randall, trumpeter Helen Hamilton and Billie Frees.

Women get the vote

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Antoinette Funk, Grace Wilbur Trout and Mary Dobyns talk with Dr. H.S. Taylor, circa 1913. Trout was the president of the Illinois Woman's Suffrage Association.
Antoinette Funk, Grace Wilbur Trout and Mary Dobyns talk with Dr. H.S. Taylor, circa 1913. Trout was the president of the Illinois Woman’s Suffrage Association.
On Feb. 9, 1913, a banner advertises a talk on the women's suffrage movement by Jane Addams and others at Carnegie Hall in New York.
On Feb. 9, 1913, a banner advertises a talk on the women’s suffrage movement by Jane Addams and others at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Members of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association head to Peoria for the state suffrage convention in the fall of 1913. They include Mrs. William Severin, Miss Margaret Dobyne, Grace Wilbur Trout, Katy Addoeus, Mrs. Louise Abbott, Miss Jennie Johnson, Mrs. Edward L. Stewart and Mrs. Judith Lowenthal.
Members of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association head to Peoria for the state suffrage convention in the fall of 1913. They include Mrs. William Severin, Miss Margaret Dobyne, Grace Wilbur Trout, Katy Addoeus, Mrs. Louise Abbott, Miss Jennie Johnson, Mrs. Edward L. Stewart and Mrs. Judith Lowenthal.
Julia Lathrop, from left, Jane Addams and Mary McDowell in Washington in 1913, on a suffrage mission at Capitol Hill.
Julia Lathrop, from left, Jane Addams and Mary McDowell in Washington in 1913, on a suffrage mission at Capitol Hill.
Miss Mabel Vernon, a suffragette, stands on an automobile and speaks to a crowd of spectators on the corner of East Van Buren Street and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago on June 16, 1916.
Miss Mabel Vernon, a suffragette, stands on an automobile and speaks to a crowd of spectators on the corner of East Van Buren Street and South Michigan Avenue in Chicago on June 16, 1916.
Janet Ayer Fairbank in 1938. Fairbank worked on women's suffrage in Chicago, helping to bring about the June 26, 1913, Suffrage Bill that allowed partial voting for women in Illinois.
Janet Ayer Fairbank in 1938. Fairbank worked on women’s suffrage in Chicago, helping to bring about the June 26, 1913, Suffrage Bill that allowed partial voting for women in Illinois.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, in a photo taken in 1893 by photographer Mary Garrity in Chicago. Wells started the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago in January 1913, one of the first and most important black female suffrage organizations in the state and the city.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, in a photo taken in 1893 by photographer Mary Garrity in Chicago. Wells started the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago in January 1913, one of the first and most important black female suffrage organizations in the state and the city.
Mrs. Francis Shaw, suffragette, in an undated photo.
Mrs. Francis Shaw, suffragette, in an undated photo.
A suffragette convention at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. The speaker at the table is Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, standing, a women's suffrage leader who served as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women. Chapman Catt created a suffrage headquarters at the Congress Hotel. Undated photo.
A suffragette convention at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. The speaker at the table is Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, standing, a women’s suffrage leader who served as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women. Chapman Catt created a suffrage headquarters at the Congress Hotel. Undated photo.
Mrs. Emmons Cracker, suffragette. Cracker is wearing a ribbon that says “The First Women’s State Good Roads Convention” at the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago on April 3-4, 1912.
Carola Loos-Zooker, suffragette. Undated photo.
Carola Loos-Zooker, suffragette. Undated photo.
A woman models her marching clothes, including pants, for Chicago's suffrage parade, on June 6, 1916. The parade was held on June 7, 1916, during the Republican National Convention in Chicago. More than 5,000 suffrage supporters marched during a large rainstorm.
A woman models her marching clothes, including pants, for Chicago’s suffrage parade, on June 6, 1916. The parade was held on June 7, 1916, during the Republican National Convention in Chicago. More than 5,000 suffrage supporters marched during a large rainstorm.
Suffragettes drilling in Chicago in an undated photo. According to a June 3, 1916, article in the Tribune, suffragettes rehearsed their parade routine in preparation for the June 7, 1916, event at Grant Park in Chicago.
Suffragettes drilling in Chicago in an undated photo. According to a June 3, 1916, article in the Tribune, suffragettes rehearsed their parade routine in preparation for the June 7, 1916, event at Grant Park in Chicago.
Suffragettes walk and drive the parade route in Chicago in 1916.
Suffragettes walk and drive the parade route in Chicago in 1916.
Janet Ayer Fairbank, of Chicago, center, was a prominent suffragette who had the honor of being the grand marshal for the suffrage parade held on a rainy June 7, 1916. More than 5,000 suffragettes marched in Chicago to the Republican National Convention in a heavy rainstorm to push for woman to have the right to vote. Undated photo.
Janet Ayer Fairbank, of Chicago, center, was a prominent suffragette who had the honor of being the grand marshal for the suffrage parade held on a rainy June 7, 1916. More than 5,000 suffragettes marched in Chicago to the Republican National Convention in a heavy rainstorm to push for woman to have the right to vote. Undated photo.
Famous Chicagoan and suffrage leader Jane Addams.
Famous Chicagoan and suffrage leader Jane Addams.
Grace Wilbur Trout, a suffragette and president of the Chicago Political Equality League.
Grace Wilbur Trout, a suffragette and president of the Chicago Political Equality League.
On June 26, 1913, Gov. Edward F. Dunne, seated, signed the Suffrage Bill that gave Illinois women the right to vote. Dunne signed the bill in the presence of his wife, left, and suffragette leaders Grace Wilbur Trout, Elizabeth Booth, female lawyer Antoinette Funk and teachers union leader Margaret Haley, seated.
On June 26, 1913, Gov. Edward F. Dunne, seated, signed the Suffrage Bill that gave Illinois women the right to vote. Dunne signed the bill in the presence of his wife, left, and suffragette leaders Grace Wilbur Trout, Elizabeth Booth, female lawyer Antoinette Funk and teachers union leader Margaret Haley, seated.
The 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, passed in 1920, and in August of that year, a Chicago suffrage group paraded through Chicago urging women to register to vote in their first election. League of Women Voters members are Mrs. J.N. McGraw, from left, Mrs. G.N. Payson, Mrs. Charles S. Eaton, Mrs. E.F. Bemis, Mrs. A.N. Schweizer, Mrs. Ida Strawn Randall, trumpeter Helen Hamilton and Billie Frees.
The 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, passed in 1920, and in August of that year, a Chicago suffrage group paraded through Chicago urging women to register to vote in their first election. League of Women Voters members are Mrs. J.N. McGraw, from left, Mrs. G.N. Payson, Mrs. Charles S. Eaton, Mrs. E.F. Bemis, Mrs. A.N. Schweizer, Mrs. Ida Strawn Randall, trumpeter Helen Hamilton and Billie Frees.
The board of directors for the National League of Women Voters at a Chicago Convention in February 1920, including League President Mrs. Maud Wood Park, seated from left, Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout of Chicago and Honorary President Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt.
The board of directors for the National League of Women Voters at a Chicago Convention in February 1920, including League President Mrs. Maud Wood Park, seated from left, Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout of Chicago and Honorary President Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt.
Mrs. Jacob (Bertha) Baur casts her vote during a presidential primary. Mrs. Baur marched in the 1916 suffrage parade in Chicago for women to have the right to vote. After gaining the vote, Baur ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress on the wet ticket. Undated photo.
Mrs. Jacob (Bertha) Baur casts her vote during a presidential primary. Mrs. Baur marched in the 1916 suffrage parade in Chicago for women to have the right to vote. After gaining the vote, Baur ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress on the wet ticket. Undated photo.

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