Explore Minnie Reynolds desk at the Denver Women’s Press Club

Colorado suffrage leaders exchanged letters with national suffrage leaders such as Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt.

Minnie Reynolds was a member of the Denver Women’s Press Club.  The Press Club gave suffrage leaders a way to express their beliefs and communicate with the public.

This black Bakelite telephone has twelve white buttons lined up in two vertical rows on the face of the base. The handset connects to the base with a cloth cord. It was in 1914 that the first telephone receiver was made in Bakelite by Western Electric.

Telephone, from Hospital

History Colorado

It took a lot of communication to plan and a lot of writing to convince individuals to join. Things would have been easier if they could have just texted but suffrage leaders had to utilize older technology like Typewriters

Underwood Fisher & Elliott Noiseless typewriter. Black cast iron, with chrome fittings, black keys with white lettering, eight green operating keys, very heavy.

Typewriter, Antique Underwood Noiseless Typewriter

Minnie came to Colorado in 1890 to make her career as a newspaper writer, working for the Rocky Mountain News. She became Press Chair of the Colorado Women’s Suffrage Association in 1893 and persuaded 75% of the newspapers in Colorado to offer pro-suffrage space for her writings. She was part of the group that went to the World’s Fair in 1893 to convince Susan B. Anthony to come to Colorado. She became involved in the Populist Party, and ran for State Legislature in 1894. In addition to founding the Denver Women’s Press Club, she was also one of the organizers of the Denver Women’s Club.

Photograph of the Rocky Mountain News building, was located at 13th Street and Welton Street, Denver, CO

Standards for Suffrage work in action!