08/07/2024
Suffrage mural to be put in KS state house. Raising $90,000. Love the list of women to be depicted.
1. Anna O. Anthony (1844-1930) (Leavenworth), sister-in-law of Susan B. Anthony, hosted national
suffragists at her Leavenworth home during the 1887 campaign.
2. Lutie A. Lytle (1875-1955) (Tennessee/Topeka), the first African American woman admitted to the
Kansas Bar Association (1897), lectured on marriage and divorce laws in Kansas.
3. Anna C. Wait (1837-1916) (Lincoln), owner and editor of the Lincoln Beacon, co-founded the
Kansas Equal Suffrage Association (KESA) in 1884 and spread suffrage news for twenty years.
4. Lilla D. Monroe (1858-1929) (Wakeeney/Topeka), the first woman to practice law before the
Kansas Supreme Court (1895), published the Kansas Woman’s Journal in Topeka and gathered
stories from 800 pioneer women.
5. Annie L. Diggs (1853-1916) (Lawrence/Topeka), a Populist suffragist and KESA president (1899),
helped to design the state library in the Capitol as State Librarian (1898-1902).
6. Laura M. Johns (1849-1935) (Salina), president of KESA (1887-1895) and the Kansas Republican
Woman’s Association (1892), helped to coordinate thirty suffrage conventions across Kansas
beginning in 1892.
7. Clarina I. H. Nichols (1810-1885) (Wyandotte), a lecturer, editor, and Underground Railroad
conductor in Quindaro, sparked and led the woman suffrage movement in Kansas beginning in 1859.
8. Lizzie S. Sheldon (1851-1942) (Lawrence), a KU law graduate (1900), wrote the resolution for full
woman suffrage (on banner) in 1911 and ran for a seat on the Kansas Supreme Court (1914).
9. Carolyn (Langston) Hughes Clark (1873-1938) (Lawrence), a civil rights advocate, urged African
American women to enter politics as journalists (1892) and encouraged the literary education of her
son Langston Hughes.
10. Mary Jane “Mamie” Dillard (1874-1954) (Lawrence), a prominent educator, promoted civil
rights in education and taught Langston Hughes.
11. Jane L. Brooks (1867-1945) (Wichita), a KESA president (1917-18), founded the first state
chapter of the national League of Women Voters (1919) in Wichita.
12. Lucy B. Johnston (1846-1937) (Topeka), a lawyer, expanded the Kansas Traveling Library
collection and led the 1912 campaign for the ratification of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Amendment as
KESA president.
13. Minnie J. Grinstead (1869-1925) (Larned/Liberal), the first woman elected to the Kansas House
of Representatives (1918), presented the joint resolution to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment (1919).
Please donate by check or credit card and mail to: Department of Administration, Kansas
Suffragist Memorial Fund, Attn: Sarah Huggins, 700 SW Harrison, Ste. 1015, Topeka, KS 66603
