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Supporters of Women’s Suffrage organized into groups like the Colorado Equal Suffrage Association. They supported each other and gained strength and safety in numbers.  They discussed social problems that they cared about like schools and streets, talked about reforms that were needed and expanded ideas of justice for all.    

Leaders in Colorado connected with National organizations for additional support. Leaders like Lucy Stone came to Colorado to speak and raise money.    

Women and men took to the streets with banners and picket signs to share their message to the community. They created sashes and buttons to advertise the cause and gain support. 

Female journalists got busy writing about why Women’s Suffrage was important through publications like the Queen Bee and Rocky Mountain News. Since only men could vote in 1983, Suffrage supporters had to advocate for their cause across the state.   

Has Women's Suffrage Progressed is the question-Here are the two sides.  This newspaper article provides a pro-con for suffrage with the pro written by Colorado suffrage leader Ellis Meredith and the con written by Mila Maynard

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Newspaper article

 In 1893, only men could vote in Colorado. But that didn’t stop women from showing up to polls. In 1894, three female elected officials were elected in Colorado, the first in the nation!  

Polling place the year after women received the right to vote in Colorado.  Copied from "Harper's Weekly" Nov. 24, 1894; "A Precinct Headquarters in a Residence District - Time, 7:15 am

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