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Anne Martin was a suffragist, educator, author and activist who helped win women's suffrage in Nevada and advocated for women's rights and peace. She studied in Europe and the Orient, founded the Nevada Equal Franchise Society, and ran for the U.S. Senate as an Independent.
Apr 24, 2024 · Anne Henrietta Martin (born Sept. 30, 1875, Empire City, Nev., U.S.—died April 15, 1951, Carmel, Calif.) was an American reformer who was an ardent feminist and pacifist in the early 20th century. Martin attended Whitaker’s School for Girls in Reno, Nevada, and the University of Nevada (B.A., 1894).
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Anne Henrietta Martin (September 30, 1875 – April 15, 1951) (pseudonym, Anne O'Hara; nickname, Little Governor Anne) was a suffragist, pacifist, and author from the state of Nevada. Her main achievement was taking charge of the state legislation that gave women of Nevada the right to vote.
Aug 26, 2020 · Anne Martin was a Nevada native who fought for women's right to vote and ran for the U.S. Senate in 1918, two years before women's suffrage was ratified nationally. She inspired many women, including Sen. Jacky Rosen, to pursue political leadership and equality.
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Nov 2, 2023 · Anne Martin was a turn-of-the-century feminist who fought for women's rights, ran for the U.S. Senate, and moved to Carmel in 1921. She founded the Carmel Women's Club and the Women's International League For Peace And Freedom, and influenced local writers and activists.
Anne Martin was a professor, a state suffrage leader, and a vice chairman of the National Woman's Party (NWP) in 1917. She was arrested and pardoned for picketing for suffrage in Washington, D.C., and ran for the U.S. Senate in 1918.
First woman ever to run in any State for the U.S. Senate, arrested by orders of Winston Churchill (with other members of Mrs. Pankhurst’s deputation to Great Britain’s Prime Minister), offered bail by Herbert Hoover, Nevada and national leader in the movement for woman suffrage—there were high points in the career of Reno’s Anne Martin.
