Suffrage in Oklahoma: Women's History, Activism, and Politics in the Sooner State
Oklahoma City | Registration opens 1/8/2025 12:00 AM CST
The suffrage movement in the United States led to the formation of the 19th Amendment. However, here in Oklahoma, women's suffrage took a much different route. From Aloysius Larchmiller giving her life to the cause, to the grassroots movements of Kate Barnard and Wanda Jo Peltier, to the vision of motherhood presented by Alice Robinson and Mary Fallin—the fight for suffrage encompasses a vast portion of our state history.
Anna Davis
Anna Davis has worked at the Oklahoma Historical Society for nearly two decades, first as the historical interpreter at the Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum and now as the editor of The Chronicles of Oklahoma, the scholarly journal published by OHS. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from OSU and a master’s in museum studies from OU. She regularly gives lectures on Pawnee Bill and May Lillie around the state and has appeared on podcasts and television as an historian for the Wild West.