Dakota Datebook: Suffrage attempt and non-suffrage organizing Friday, April 17, 2020

Prairie Public

Yet another attempt at women’s suffrage was made in 1913 during the Legislative Assembly in Bismarck. Those who were pro-suffrage were more organized this time. The legislature actually did pass the bill—but rather than granting immediate suffrage, it left the issue up to voters … all male … in the general election of 1914. 

Women campaigned throughout the state to get the bill approved. An ad published in the Fargo Forum stated: 

“MEN: Remember Your Mothers, Wives, and Sisters. Vote the Suffrage Ballot FIRST and BE SURE you VOTE YES! We, Women from 200 Towns and Cities in North Dakota, EACH Representing from 10 to 500 Working Suffragists Ask You for Equal Rights. … No such large body of disfranchised people ever yet asked for the ballot and were refused. North Dakota Men, Be Fair!” 

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