I have started working on a new project for Aurora County! The Women’s Room History Project recovers and highlights the stories of women who, at one time, resided in Aurora County, South Dakota. This crowd-sourced project invites the community to compile and share details about … Continue reading
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This past week I presented the South Dakota story of Woman Suffrage at three venues, all of them virtually. Hosting my talk, via the South Dakota Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau, were: Siouxland Libraries of Sioux Falls (707 views), Dakota Wesleyan … Continue reading
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This August, 2020, America celebrated the century anniversary of Woman Suffrage. With the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920, women won the franchise and could no longer be denied access to the ballot box “on account of sex.” I … Continue reading
This week, South Dakota PBS TV just aired a video called “Simple Justice: Suffrage in South Dakota.” This was produced as part of South Dakota’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. I was interviewed for this video. … Continue reading
Check out my recent interview on Woman Suffrage in South Dakota with Joel Allen from the McGovern Report at the McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell South Dakota. I will be speaking at … Continue reading
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On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, and on August 26, that amendment officially became part of the United States Constitution. Let’s Celebrate Women’s Right To Vote this August – one hundred years … Continue reading
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Long before the Nineteenth amendment passed in 1920, women in many states could vote and run for elective office in certain types of elections. In some states they could vote in school elections or in city elections. For more information … Continue reading
A Case Study: The Role of Women in Creating Community on the Rural Frontier: 1880-1920 During the Dakota Boom years of 1878 to 1887, Dakota Territory welcomed droves of new families, adding close to 400,000 people in the 1880s. Creating … Continue reading
Exercising excellent organizational, political, and people management skills, suffrage leader Mamie Shields Pyle led the successful effort to deliver full suffrage to South Dakota’s female citizens. As president of the South Dakota Universal Franchise League (SDUFL) from 1911 to 1918, … Continue reading
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I was privileged to meet several authors of the book “Equality at the Ballot Box” when we each presented a talk on the chapter we wrote for the book. We met first in October in Las Vegas and then in … Continue reading
RPJ Histories - Ruth Page Jones 