Votes for Women

The Nevada Equal Franchise Society, founded in 1911, moved to the Washoe County Bank Building at this location in 1913. From this office, suffrage news was sent to papers across the state, national figures were arranged for speaking tours, and workers from national suffrage organizations were recruited to canvass the state. Anne Martin's tenure as president of the NEFS from 1912 to 1914 followed her participation in the British suffrage campaigns and preceded her run for the US Senate in 1918 and 1920. She helped establish a statewide network of suffrage leagues in every county to gain male voters' support. Success came on November 3, 1914, when voters in all but four counties passed full suffrage for women.

Reno, Nevada · United States