Emma Smith DeVoe | |
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| Born | Emma Smith August 22, 1848 Roseville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 3, 1927 (aged 79) Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Suffragist |
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John Henry DeVoe (m. 1880) |
Emma Smith DeVoe (née Smith; August 22, 1848 – September 3, 1927) was an American women suffragist in the early twentieth century, changing the face of politics for both women and men alike. When she died, the Tacoma News Tribune called her Washington state's "Mother of Women's Suffrage".[1][2]
- ^ Ross-Nazzal, Jennifer M. (2011). Winning the West for Women: The Life of Suffragist Emma Smith DeVoe. University of Washington Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-295-99086-6.
- ^ Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, “Emma Smith DeVoe: Practicing Pragmatic Politics in the Pacific Northwest,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly Vol. 92, No. 2 (Spring 2005)