Activist · African American · Journalist

Lucile Bluford

When Lucile Bluford showed up to enroll at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism in 1939, she was turned away. School officials had accepted the talented journalist into their graduate degree program, but didn't realize she was African American until they saw her in person. Bluford did not accept these racist practices, and she… Continue reading Lucile Bluford

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Alma Nash · Barbara Blackman O'Neil · Edna Gellhorn · Mary Ezit Bulkley · Maye Shipps Corrough · Phoebe Couzins · Rose O'Neill · Suffrage · Virginia Minor

Missouri Women Talk Suffrage

Rose O'Neill "Callista and I were keen about the fight for woman suffrage and I walked in some parades, wore a placard, and made drawings for the cause. One Sunday evening I had been at an anti-suffrage meeting uptown and had stopped off at Madison Square, where I saw a crowd gathered about a platform.… Continue reading Missouri Women Talk Suffrage

Activist · Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Ozarks · Suffrage · Voting Rights

Meet Uncle Murdock, of the Ozarks by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing wanted equal voting rights for women. She traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her horse La Belle in the 1910s, talking to people about voting rights. Her experiences were chronicled in a series of articles published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1916-1919. Missouriwomen.org is featuring Moyer Wing’s articles as we commemorate the 100th… Continue reading Meet Uncle Murdock, of the Ozarks by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Activist · Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Ozarks · Suffrage · Voting Rights

May Day in the Ozarks – When the Suffrage Crusade Lagged by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing wanted equal voting rights for women. She traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her horse La Belle in the 1910s, talking to people about voting rights. Her experiences were chronicled in a series of articles published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1916-1919. Missouriwomen.org is featuring Moyer Wing’s articles as we commemorate the 100th… Continue reading May Day in the Ozarks – When the Suffrage Crusade Lagged by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Activist · Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Ozarks · Suffrage · Voting Rights

Four Reasons on an Ozark Farm Why Women Should Have the Ballot by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing wanted equal voting rights for women. She traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her horse La Belle in the 1910s, talking to people about voting rights. Her experiences were chronicled in a series of articles published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1916-1919. Missouriwomen.org is featuring Moyer Wing’s articles as we commemorate the 100th… Continue reading Four Reasons on an Ozark Farm Why Women Should Have the Ballot by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Activist · Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Ozarks · Suffrage · Voting Rights

‘Listening in’ on an Ozarks Telephone by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing wanted equal voting rights for women. She traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her horse La Belle in the 1910s, talking to people about voting rights. Her experiences were chronicled in a series of articles published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1916-1919. Missouriwomen.org is featuring Moyer Wing’s articles as we commemorate the 100th… Continue reading ‘Listening in’ on an Ozarks Telephone by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Activist · Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Ozarks · Suffrage · Voting Rights

When Tillyannie Licked the Goos-ites by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing wanted equal voting rights for women. She traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her horse La Belle in the 1910s, talking to people about voting rights. Her experiences were chronicled in a series of articles published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1916-1919. Missouriwomen.org is featuring Moyer Wing’s articles as we commemorate the 100th… Continue reading When Tillyannie Licked the Goos-ites by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Activist · Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Ozarks · Suffrage · Voting Rights

Neenie Tells How She Converted Nick to Suffrage by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing wanted equal voting rights for women. She traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her horse La Belle in the 1910s, talking to people about voting rights. Her experiences were chronicled in a series of articles published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1916-1919. Missouriwomen.org is featuring Moyer Wing’s articles as we commemorate the 100th… Continue reading Neenie Tells How She Converted Nick to Suffrage by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Activist · Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Ozarks · Suffrage · Voting Rights

Angelina of the Ozarks, Talks on Mothers-in-law, Stepmothers and Grass Widows by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing wanted equal voting rights for women. She traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her horse La Belle in the 1910s, talking to people about voting rights. Her experiences were chronicled in a series of articles published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1916-1919. Missouriwomen.org is featuring Moyer Wing’s articles as we commemorate the 100th… Continue reading Angelina of the Ozarks, Talks on Mothers-in-law, Stepmothers and Grass Widows by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Activist · Alice Curtice Moyer Wing · Ozarks · Suffrage · Voting Rights

When the City Feller Set Up with an Ozarker’s Gal by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing

Alice Curtice Moyer Wing wanted equal voting rights for women. She traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her horse La Belle in the 1910s, talking to people about voting rights. Her experiences were chronicled in a series of articles published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1916-1919. Missouriwomen.org is featuring Moyer Wing’s articles as we commemorate the 100th… Continue reading When the City Feller Set Up with an Ozarker’s Gal by Alice Curtice Moyer Wing