Goucher College Celebrates 100 Years of Women's Suffrage, 1920 – 2020
Individuals
Evangelyn Barksy ’16 was a member of the Goucher College Equal Suffrage League
Emilie A. Doetsche’03 was the VP for NWP Maryland Branch, member of the League of Women’s Voters. She was also the editor for Equal Rights from 1932 to 1934.
Sara Haardt’20 was the leader of the Twentieth Century Club at Goucher.
Helen Shaw Harrold’00 wrote the Letter to the Editor about suffrage to the Baltimore Evening Sun on July 8, 1916.
Ester B. Moses Hollander’19 was a member of the Goucher College Equal Suffrage League.
Sara Finney Lowrie Love’16 was a member of the Goucher College Equal Suffrage League.
Katherine Jennison Lowrie’16 was a member of the Goucher College Equal Suffrage League.
Mary Melvin (1908 – 1912)
Delia Melvin’10 was the Field Secretary of the Baltimore Equal Suffrage League.
Margaret Hathaway Nelson’17 was a member of the Goucher College Equal Suffrage League.
Edith Robertine Lyon Rosenthal’18 was a member of the Goucher College Equal Suffrage League.
Margaret Sisson’16 was a member of the Just Government League. She also attended many suffrage marches.
Edna Livingston Stone (1896 – 1900).
Jessie Wilson (1904 – 1908).
Margaret Wilson (1903 – 1905).
Students who participated in College Day Pickett
The College Day picket was one of the many pickets in front of the White House organized by the National Women’s Party to demand the right to vote for women. Despite controversy and disapproval by Goucher’s administration, thirty Goucher students participated in the picket.
Helene Clark Davis '17
Images from Goucher Special Collections and Archives.
Phyllis Walker Francis '17
Images from Goucher Special Collections and Archives.
Gertrude Levy Giavani '18 Images courtesy of Jean Armstrong Demaree.
Vera Armstrong Hughes '18
Miriam Egglestone Kite '20
Images from Goucher Special Collections and Archives.
Dorothy Kinsey Meldrum '18
Ida Glatt McCarthy '17
Images from Goucher Special Collections and Archives.
Images from Goucher Special Collections and Archives.
Shirley Nevin '17
Hilda Berger Robbins '17
Images from Goucher Special Collections and Archives.
Christina Flint Small '20
Images from Goucher Special Collections and Archives.
Dorothy Sterne '17
Images from Goucher Special Collections and Archives.
Lucy Graves Taliaferro '17
Images courtesy of Ross Griff.
Elizabeth Watters '18