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 Janey and Pansy, Ozark Suffrage Agents by Alice Curtice Moyer-Wing
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Winning Votes for Women in 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 Winning Votes for Women in the Ozarks by Alice Curtice Moyer-Wing
Celebrating 100 years of Women’s Suffrage with Alice Curtice Moyer Wing
Missouriwomen.org will commemorate the approaching 100th anniversary of women's suffrage by featuring the work of Alice Curtice Moyer Wing. Moyer Wing traveled the Missouri Ozarks with her faithful horse La Belle in the years between 1916-1919. She encountered all sorts of different people, sharing her opinions on the need for equal voting rights for women.… Continue reading Celebrating 100 years of Women’s Suffrage with Alice Curtice Moyer Wing
Susan Louise Marsh
Susan Marsh was appalled. A fifteen year old girl living in an orphan asylum in St Louis had to hand over her wages to her father, to support his drinking habit. Because of antiquated sole guardianship laws still on the books in Missouri in 1912, any wages that a child made were legally her father's. … Continue reading Susan Louise Marsh
Anna Maria von Phul
Some of the first sketches that exist of early St. Louis (between 1818-1823) were done by Anna Maria von Phul, an artist in her 30s, who came to St. Louis from Lexington, Kentucky. An unmarried woman, she came to visit her brother and lived with various family members in the area. She filled sketchbooks with… Continue reading Anna Maria von Phul
Roadtrip: Greenville Recreation Area & Crossroads Church Cemetery
The Greenville Recreation Area is set aside to mark the location of Old Greenville, a town that was moved in the 1940s due to the Wappapello Dam. Today there are camping and picnic areas at the site, with a dose of women's history sprinkled in. Alice Curtice Moyer Wing, a suffrage fighter who travelled the eastern Missouri Ozarks… Continue reading Roadtrip: Greenville Recreation Area & Crossroads Church Cemetery
Olive Boone: Frontier Woman
It might have been her marriage to Nathan Boone that got her on the list, but her spunk and tenacity will keep you reading. Check out Olive Boone's story of pioneering in Missouri as a part of Truman State University Press's Notable Missourian's series for kids in grades 4-6. Preview the book here. And order your copy here. Other… Continue reading Olive Boone: Frontier Woman
Drury University’s Rose O’Neill House
"I’m not known as an activist," Jackie Warren told me with a pause, "well, I guess I am now." She had just finished telling me about how she and a small group of women at Drury University saved Rose O'Neill's last home from the wrecking ball. That's right, women's history has officially defeated an impending… Continue reading Drury University’s Rose O’Neill House
Cottey College
"We're not man hating femi-nazis," my tour guide explained. "Actually, not having men around frees some young women to experience things they might not otherwise." Freedom. It seems an interesting concept when talking about an all-girls school in 2012. I'd come to Nevada on a bright fall day, perfect for taking in some women's history.… Continue reading Cottey College
St. Louis’ Kate Chopin Bust
The Writer's Corner at Euclid and McPherson in St. Louis now includes a bust of Kate Chopin. Thanks to The Kate Chopin International Society, for allowing this reprint of their interview with sculptor Jaye Gregory. How were you selected to do the bust? The West End Association is responsible for creating the "writer's corner" at… Continue reading St. Louis’ Kate Chopin Bust
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