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Celebrating the Campus Suffragists

Equal Suffrage League

The WRU chapter of the College Equal Suffrage League was established 12/22/1908 upon petition of the students led by Flossa May Roper, class of 1909, and approval of the College for Women faculty. Earlier in December Maud Wood Park, co-founder of the College Equal Suffrage League, spoke in Haydn Hall to assembled students and faculty on the question of women's suffrage and inspired the students to form a chapter. Bertha Miller, class of 1909, was elected president pro tem of the new club and twenty-five students joined.

The suffragist students held a number of different types of events over the course of the next twelve years. These included talks by faculty and guests. Maud spoke at least three more times on campus, in 1909, 1912, and 1913. In 1910 Ohio Lieutenant Governor Francis W. Treadway spoke on "Legislation in Action," and stated that "in 1913 I hope to see popular government so extended that the women of Ohio will be allowed to vote and hold offices of state."