JFK+50: Volume 7, No. 2416
PRESIDENT WILSON HOPES FOR A SUFFRAGE VICTORY IN NEW YORKSaratoga Springs, New York (JFK+50) One hundred years ago tonight, August 29, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson's message expressing hope for a suffrage victory in New York state in the year 1917 was received with applause at the state conference of the Woman Suffrage Party* held here in Saratoga Springs.
The President's message read...
"I shall look forward...to the results of the state conference. I hope that the voters...will rally to the support of woman suffrage by a handsome majority."
JFK+50 NOTE
On November 6, 1917, there was a resounding victory for woman suffrage in New York state.
*Woman Suffrage Party was a New York City political organization dedicated to achieving the right to vote for women. The WSP was founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1909.
SOURCE
"President Gives His Support To Suffrage Plea," The Chicago Daily Tribune, August 30, 1917.
Miss J. Hardy Stubbs, Miss Ida Craft
& Miss Rosalie Jones
Bain News Service
Library of Congress Photo
