The Vote SD: American Experience
The Vote: SD
Articles and interviews about the history of woman suffrage in South Dakota.
"...simple justice demands that woman should have the ballot, and in this opinion I am warmly seconded by my wife, who desires to vote, as I think all sensible women should.”
John A. Pickler, Faulkton, SD
Dakota Territorial and State Legislator, U.S. Congressman
"...simple justice demands that woman should have the ballot, and in this opinion I am warmly seconded by my wife, who desires to vote, as I think all sensible women should.”
John A. Pickler, Faulkton, SD
Dakota Territorial and State Legislator, U.S. Congressman
American Experience "The Vote" premiered on SDPB1 July 6. "Simple Justice: Suffrage in South Dakota" premiered on SDPB1 on August 10.
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Simple Justice: Suffrage in South Dakota
For Educators
Touching on topics such as the civil rights, and women’s suffrage, these resources develop students’ thinking skills and help them make connections between past and present.
This collection of educational resources detail key figures, events, and regional movements of the decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States.
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The 19th Amendment that authorized woman suffrage in the U.S. did not enfranchise Native Americans. An interview with Cathleen Cahill, Assoc. Prof. , Penn State University.
Women who have changed (and are changing) South Dakota history, the Presentation Sisters. A conversation with Sister Lynn Marie Welbig.
Gage worked on national and South Dakota suffrage campaigns during the 19th century and lived Aberdeen. An interview with Angelica Shirley Carpenter, author of "Born Criminal."
Several prominent national organizers worked in South Dakota. An interview with Liz Almlie, Historic Preservation Specialist with the South Dakota State Historical Society.
A conversation with Augustana University President and former U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
Suffragists and the views of immigrants toward woman suffrage. An interview with Sara Egge author of "Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest: 1870-1920."
How suffragists adapted their message to address the concerns of Black Hills communities. An interview with Kelly Kirk, Instructor of History at Black Hills State University.
An interview with retired SD Supreme Court Justice Judith Meierhenry
Why so many believed that women should not have the vote. An interview with Paula Nelson, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
A conversation with Karen Mortimer with the MOA Ambassadors in Rapid City.
SDPB's Lori Walsh interviews Lori Ann Lahlum, Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator for the Department of History at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage this summer, we will look at the women of the past who lead us to where we are today. We will also recognize women who are
An interview with Nancy Trystad Koupal, director of South Dakota Historical Society Press in Pierre.Marietta M. Bones gained national prominence in the movement only to switch side
Prof. Molly Rozum, co-author of “Equality at the Ballot Box: Votes for Women on the Northern Great Plains
Two of the earliest and most active supporters of woman suffrage in South Dakota.
South Dakota’s “Her Flag” stripe event held at the State Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre on January 30, 2020.
Jody Moritz, Faulk County Historical Society President, describes the historic John and Alice Pickler home and its preservation.
Why the case for alcohol prohibition was, at times, very closely linked with the call for woman suffrage.
Catherine Forsch, CEO of the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation, discusses plans and activities of a delegation of women appointed by Governor Kristi Noem.
Together with the South Dakota State Historical Society and the Historical Society Foundation, Her Vote. Her Voice. (HVHV) Centennial Delegation , appointed by Gov. Kristi Noem, leads initiatives and raises funds to ensure that the history of South Dakota’s women will be collected and preserved for future generations.