Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, who lived in New York City and Long Island, was a strategist, organizer, and major financial supporter of the Suffrage Movement.
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont
–Pursuits/Activities: Suffrage, Women's Rights
Pursuit/Activity: Suffrage
Lillie Devereux Blake
–Pursuit/Activity: Suffrage
Lillie Devereux Blake was a writer, reporter, and suffragette who signed the 1876 Centennial Women’s Rights Declaration.
Sarah Birdsall Otis Edey
–Pursuit/Activity: Suffrage
A resident of New York City and Bellport, Long Island, Sarah Birdsall Otis Edey was a leader in the suffrage cause.
Matilda Joslyn Gage
–Pursuits/Activities: Abolitionism, Suffrage
Matilda Joslyn Gage was a suffragist, Native American activist, an abolitionist, freethinker, and a prolific author, who “was born with a hatred of oppression.”
Sarah J. Smith Thompson Garnet
–Pursuits/Activities: AfAm Rights, Suffrage
Sarah J. Smith Thompson Garnet was the first Black woman in New York City to be named as a principal. She served as a teacher and principal for almost 40 years.
Louisine Elder Havemeyer
–Pursuits/Activities: Suffrage, Women's Rights
Louisine Elder Havemeyer of New York City and Islip, Long Island was a militant suffragist. She was a suffragist speaker, activist, and contributor.
Hester C. Jeffrey
–Pursuit/Activity: Suffrage
Hester C. Jeffrey was an African-American activist, suffragist, and community organizer in Rochester, New York, and New York City.
Rosalie Gardiner Jones
–Pursuit/Activity: Suffrage
Rosalie Jones, a tireless Long Island suffragist, was famous for doing the unusual and unexpected.
Edna Buckman Kearns
–Pursuit/Activity: Suffrage
Edna Buckman Kearns was a grassroots suffrage organizer in New York City and Long Island, best known for her “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon.
Ruth Carpenter Litt
–Pursuit/Activity: Suffrage
Ruth Carpenter Litt, a Patchogue, Long Island, suffragist, was an innovative farmer and wealthy landowner who went on to become a major political force.
Rose Schneiderman
Rose Schneiderman was a renowned feminist, labor activist, talented organizer, and speaker. Rose traveled New York State promoting suffrage and unionism.
Mary Burnett Talbert
–Pursuit/Activity: Suffrage
Mary Burnett Talbert was the founder of the Buffalo Phyllis Wheatley Club and president of the National Association of Colored Women.