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South Dakota History published my article on Woman Suffrage in 2020. It is now available to read online at: A Century Celebration: Woman Suffrage in South Dakota (1868-1918). “The Women Voted.” The [Rapid City] Republican city convention endorsed the women … Continue reading
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In May, 2023, I was invited to speak at the South Dakota History Conference on a panel about South Dakota suffragists. The three of us spoke to the theme of Perseverance. I chose to highlight the lives of two women … Continue reading
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I wrote this story about Jean Todd, a very interesting immigrant nurse from Scotland, for one of my classes while working on my master’s degree. After graduation, the story was published in the South Dakota Journal. Here’s a link (added … Continue reading
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In September, 2022, I was privileged to be one of several who hosted a vintage tea party in in the Sweep/Van Dyke Hotel in Plankinton, South Dakota. We set the event in the 1910-1912 time frame and chose tea and … Continue reading
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In 2020, the hundred year anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, I presented several talks about the fight for woman suffrage in both South Dakota and Wisconsin. These are parallel talks, with most of the national information repeated to give context … Continue reading
RPJ Histories - Ruth Page Jones 