Important People During Women Fight for Voting right
Curtis Justin Hillyer was born in May 31, 1828 in the Lincking County, Ohio. After graduating he study law and teaching. After getting ill, Hillyer moved to California where he was admitted to bar in March 1853. He opened an office in Yankees Jim, Placer County. He got married and had five children with his wife, Angeline Alexander. In 1856 Hillyer settle in Virginia City, Nevada. In Nevada he became a representative for the Storey County, he introduce a bill in 1869 that would allow women to vote. He argued that women possessed at least as much intelligence as men, they followed the same laws, paid the same taxes, and would introduce a new standard of public morality to the political process. Hillyer orientation were presented in “The Wining of Nevada for Women Suffrage” before a joint session of the Nevada Legislature in 1869. He died in August 5, 1906 in Massachusetts
This document includes the first two pages of the book "The winning of Nevada for Women Suffrage."
Anne Henrietta Martin was born in September 30, 1875 in Empire City, Nevada. Anne was well educated through her whole life. Martin study at the Universities of London, Leipzig, and Columbia from 1899 to 1901. She traveled and studied in Europe and the Orient in 1904-1907 and 1909-1911. Anne Marin’s ten years of travel brought her to the cause of feminism.
Martin return to Nevada and was elected president for the Nevada Equal Franchise. She was a delegate to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, member of the executive committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and elected national chairperson of the National Woman’s Party and the first Woman’s Party national convention in Chicago in June 1918.Anne Martin was an independent candidate for the United States Senate from Nevada in 1918 and 1920. Martin died in April 15, 1951 California.
Martin return to Nevada and was elected president for the Nevada Equal Franchise. She was a delegate to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, member of the executive committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and elected national chairperson of the National Woman’s Party and the first Woman’s Party national convention in Chicago in June 1918.Anne Martin was an independent candidate for the United States Senate from Nevada in 1918 and 1920. Martin died in April 15, 1951 California.
Bird May Wilson was born in Marion County, Illinois on May 20, 1865. Wilson studied court reporting in Chicago. She became a private secretary to Judge William W. Morrow in the San Francisco Bar Association. She moved to Nevada and was licensed to practice on June 28, 1906, the seventh woman to be admitted to the profession in Nevada.
She was a member of the Goldfield Women's Club when it joined the Federation of Women's Clubs in 1910. Bird Wilson served as vice-president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs and as their lobbyist at the legislature in Carson City. Bird also became the first woman to serve on the examining board of the Nevada State. She returned to live in California in 1917; she remained concerned in Nevada, but the illness of her mother prevented her from being in Anne Martin's Senate campaign. Bird Wilson died in California on January 27, 1946.
She was a member of the Goldfield Women's Club when it joined the Federation of Women's Clubs in 1910. Bird Wilson served as vice-president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs and as their lobbyist at the legislature in Carson City. Bird also became the first woman to serve on the examining board of the Nevada State. She returned to live in California in 1917; she remained concerned in Nevada, but the illness of her mother prevented her from being in Anne Martin's Senate campaign. Bird Wilson died in California on January 27, 1946.
Lubertha Johnson was born in 1906 on Mississippi. She was planning to become a teacher but due to the Great Depression and her father’s illness, she was force to join her family in Chicago. In 1943, Lubertha and her family moved to Las Vegas. She became director at the federally funded Carver Park housing project that provided housing for the black workers at Basic Magnesium Incorporated. Lubertha Johnson was a wise community activist who enjoyed many victories, but She felt that her most significant contribution was the role she played in securing legal protection from discrimination.
"Here, there is really an opportunity to build and do new things and to develop in a way that we couldn't develop in many other cities."
- Lubertha Johnson
- Lubertha Johnson
Thalia Marie Dondero was born in Colorado and moved with her family to California in 1930. She worked for the Basic Magnesium Industries in Sacramento and was transfer in 1942 to Nevada. She became active in public education, because of her children. Dondero made her first office run for the Nevada state assembly, in 1972. She loses the race for the state assembly, but learns how to run a campaign. In 1974, she ran for the Clark County Commission, she won and retired until 1994. She was the first woman commissioner, and first women president, with this positions Dondero face a few controversies. She refused to be treated as a secretary for male members of the Commission and demanded equal treatment.