14th State to Ratify | Nebraska | Cindy Chinn, Artist
Her Flag Artist, Cindy Chinn
Nebraska has a long history of Activists from many walks of life that fought diligently for the rights of women.
I chose to select just a few of those important people, focusing on their eyes so that we can see into their souls as they look after our future.
Lucy Correll was a Publisher and Editor. She organized the first woman's suffrage association in Nebraska.
Erasmus Correll, a Canadian, elected to the House of Representatives of the Nebraska Legislature, introduced the first bills supporting women's rights.
Clara Dorothy Bewick Colby, a British-American lecturer, publisher and correspondent, women's rights activist, and suffragist leader.
Willa Cather, a Pulitzer Prize winning author and Activist for the Women's Movement. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Rheta Childe Dorr was the first editor of The Suffragist. She was an American journalist, writer, and activist.
Mrs. W. E. Hardy was a prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.
Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first Native American to earn a medical degree. She was an early trailblazer in the women’s movement.
Doris Stevens of Omaha, was an American suffragist, woman's legal rights advocate and author. She was the first female member of the American Institute of International Law.