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  1. Ada James sure showed them! The ratification the 19th amendment in Wisconsin.

    Date(s): November 1, 1919 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Tag(s): Wisconsin, Voting Rights, Ada James, 19th amendment, Women, Politics, Government, Ratify, rivalry, Illinois, Milwaukee Athletic Club, Milwaukee Journal 

    Ada James was a key figure in the women's suffrage movement in Wisconsin.  She and her family played an instrumental part in Wisconsin's ratification of the 19th amendment.  In one of Ada's diary entry's she stated, "it is unjust to hold mothers responsible for the morals of their children while denying them a voice on municipal conditions making up their environment."  Tis quote shows Ada's desire...

  2. Concerned White Citizens of Alabama Help Promote Rights for Blacks

    Date(s): March 6, 1965 Location: Dallas, Alabama Tag(s): Voting Rights, Selma, Civil Rights 

    On March 6, 1965, Eileen Walbert, Helen Baer, Mary Young Gonzalez, and many more concerned white citizens began a controversial march in protest of voter registration issues in Selma, Alabama.  As Gonzalez recounts, Selma “had jeeps stacked with rifles outside the courthouse as a threat to the black people who had been trying to go in to register to vote.”  To compound matters, Baer remembers...