Born in San Francisco on Jan. 13, 1865, Pauline Marie Schindler was the only child of Prussian immigrants, William and Rosalie Schindler. When William, a career Army man, was transferred to ...

Roessing took her Justice Bell experience with her as she would go on to serve as the program chairwoman of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). A ‘Winning Plan’ at the national ...

The merger led to the formation of a more influential organisation – the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) on February 18, 1890. Though its leaders often differed sharply over ...

In 1918 she requested to join the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and submitted the only request by an African American to join Texas Equal Suffrage Association (TESA). She was ...

In 1920, just before the 19 th Amendment was passed, NAWSA voted to change its name to the National League of Women Voters. Reservations for the Annual Meeting are being taken on the League phone at ...