Dakota Datebook: WCTU and women's suffrage Friday, May 15, 2020

Prairie Public

On this date in 1914, Mrs. Harriet Darling Hall, National Women's Christian Temperance Union lecturer and organizer, was in North Dakota traveling around the state and lecturing. She was "said to be a strong and forceful speaker," and many looked forward to her talks.

Her first stop was in Fairmount, where she spoke to about 200 people, and the town held a suffrage parade!

In fact, the Bismarck Tribune noted that Hall had organized "new local WCTU's" which would "make their special work for the summer, the agitation of the suffrage question." In fact, many local chapters would follow this lead, offering speeches and opening conversation on the topic of women's right to vote.

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