Suffrage Scavenger Hunt – Answers

1. Which suffragist was called “Bloomer Girl on the Peak”?

Julia “Anna” Archibald Holmes worked for women’s suffrage in the 1860s and 1870s, serving as secretary of the National Woman Suffrage Association, helped to set up state associations and attempted to vote in 1871. She became one of the earliest named women in Colorado history, called “the Bloomer Girl on Pikes Peak.”

2. Which suffragist was elected the first president of the newly founded Colorado Woman Suffrage Association?

Dr. Alida Avery was elected the first president of the newly founded Colorado Woman Suffrage Association in 1876 and worked diligently for Colorado women’s enfranchisement.

3. Which suffragist is credited with starting a “publication” that gained a reputation as the nation’s first emancipation newspaper?

Caroline Nichols Churchill started publishing a magazine in 1879, later a weekly feminist newspaper named the Queen Bee, through which she advocated for women’s rights.

4. Who continued to donate office space to the suffrage movement even after being snubbed by folks in Denver after her controversial marriage to a well-known businessman?

Socialite Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor lent her name and provided office space to the suffrage movement.

5. Which suffragist was known as the “Susan B. Anthony of Colorado”?

Known as the Susan B. Anthony of Colorado, suffragist Ellis Meredith wrote columns in the Rocky Mountain News starting in 1889 that advocated for women’s suffrage. From 1893-1920, she worked for national suffrage.

6. Which African American suffragist was instrumental in Colorado’s campaign for full voting rights for women in 1893?

Elizabeth Ensley served as treasurer of the Colorado Non-Partisan Suffrage Association; one of the few black women nationwide who worked within an integrated organization for women’s suffrage.

7. Which suffragist became the first licensed nurse in Colorado?

As a teenager living in New York, Louie Croft Boyd wrote newspaper columns advocating for women’s suffrage. She moved to Colorado in 1892. Louie Croft Boyd dedicated her life to the nursing profession and to raising standards for nurses.

8. Which suffragist was the first president of the Denver Women’s Press Club and has a library in Denver named after her?

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Women’s rights advocate Sarah Platt-Decker was credited with playing a key role resulting in Colorado’s women’s enfranchisement in 1893. She was the first president of the Denver Women’s Club and became national president of the Federation of Associated Women’s Clubs. The Decker Library Branch in Denver is named after Sarah.

9. Which suffragist was Colorado’s first “First Lady”?

The first woman registered to vote in Colorado, Eliza Routt is the inaugural First Lady of Colorado and a significant women’s rights advocate.

10. Which suffragist became a national heroine in 1912?

After surviving the sinking of the Titanic, Margaret “Molly” Brown advocated for the rights of women working for a national suffrage amendment.

11. Which suffragist was arrested three times and twice imprisoned in fighting for women’s rights?

One of the “Silent Sentinels”, Dr. Caroline Spencer picketed, marched, was arrested and imprisoned for supporting women’s rights as part of the women’s suffrage movement during the early 20th century.

12. Which suffragist became the first University of Colorado graduate to land a Vassar faculty position and helped promote the Women’s Suffrage Amendment on campus?

Hazel Schmoll, who later becomes Colorado’s state botanist, advocated for women’s suffrage while a teacher at Vassar College (1913-1917).

13. Which suffragist was the first woman elected to the Colorado State Senate and investigated working conditions at Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and defended the immigrant workers?

After being elected, Helen Ring Robinson advocated for women’s suffrage in eastern states and wrote Preparing Women for Citizenship in 1918.

14. Which suffragist marched for the movement in New York and was named Colorado Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Denver?

Elizabeth Eyre Pellett marched as a suffragist in New York to advocate for women’s rights and the 19th Amendment. She received many awards, including Colorado Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Denver, the Hannah G. Solomon Award from the Denver Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, and Colorado Woman of Achievement by Columbia Savings and Loan.

15. Which suffragist voted for the first time when she was 93 years old?

“I have waited a lifetime for this privilege.” — Elizabeth Robbins Stone, upon casting her vote in 1894, the first election after Colorado women won full suffrage rights.

Updated August 10, 2020

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