Tag Archives: women’s suffrage

Bentley Historical Library

How to Qualify as a Person

Amy Probst | Fall 2023

Forty-nine years before women were granted the right to vote in the United States, Nannette Gardner would cast her ballot in Detroit, making women’s history. By fighting tirelessly for women’s rights, she would begin to shake the foundations of power in the United States, and her controversial vote would give the suffrage movement a notable victory.

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Michigan Today

The Strategic Suffragist

Deborah Holdship | August 31, 2020

An ardent advocate for women's suffrage, Michigan alumna Lucia Voorhees Grimes fought tirelessly to get ballots in the hands of women. Grimes not only proved to be a powerful influence in this movement but also in fighting for gender equality after the 19th Amendment had been passed.

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Medicine at Michigan

In Her Own Right

Katie Vloet | June 2019

Sarah Gertrude Banks, one of the earliest women to graduate from the U-M Medical School, cared for patients while championing women’s suffrage.

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