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Zilpha Drew Smith was born in Pembroke, Massachusetts in 1852 to Silvanus Smith, a shipbuilder, and Judith Winsor (McLauthlin) Smith, an early suffragist. The family moved to East Boston when Smith and her five siblings were young, and she attended…

Wilda Claire Strong was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1890 to Clara (Stoll) Strong and Dr. Hamilton Strong, a dentist. She graduated from the nearby Plymouth High School in 1907 and enrolled at Western Reserve University for a one-year library…

Votes for Women banner carried and preserved by Wilda Claire Peck Strong.

From Miscellaneous collection of anti-suffrage material assembled by an officer of the Massachusetts Association Opposed to Further Extension of Suffrage to Women, 1895-1921

Vera Perkins was born in Rutland, Vermont around 1892. She graduated from Rutland High School and went on to study Household Economics at Simmons, where she was a member of the Honor Board, the Student Building Endowment Fund, and the Ukulele Club,…