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Votes For Women On Parade, 1915

The Maxwell Hardware Store, "in the Centre of Town," as printed in Welch's 1909 history of Mount Union.
The Maxwell Hardware Store, "in the Centre of Town," as printed in Welch's 1909 history of Mount Union.Charles Howard Welch, History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township (Mount Union Times, 1909), via Internet Archive Public domain

On a September evening in 1915, several hundred people in Mount Union joined a demonstration for equal suffrage. A feature of the evening was an automobile parade. The Harrisburg Telegraph said the cars carried "many of the fair sex of the town," and every one of them was decorated with streamers and pennants.

After the parade came several short addresses. Then forty young women sold copies of a local paper, at prices starting at 5 cents.

That November a woman suffrage amendment went before the voters and lost in Pennsylvania, as it did in New York and Massachusetts. The Telegraph's county tally listed Huntingdon County among the counties the suffragists lost. The committee that had organized the September parade in Mount Union was Mrs. Ira Cassady, Mrs. D. E. Rummel and Miss Ann Ewing.

Checked and confirmed. Confirmed 2026-10-31 against the sources listed: every factual sentence was tied to a word-for-word passage in its source. Where sources disagreed on a number, the number was left out.

Sources

  1. Harrisburg Telegraph, September 18, 1915, page 11
  2. Harrisburg Telegraph, November 4, 1915, page 1
  3. The Fulton County News (McConnellsburg), November 4, 1915, page 7

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Mount Union in T. M. Fowler's bird's-eye view, 1906, the year after the quarantine.Mount Union in T. M. Fowler's bird's-eye view, 1906, the year after the quarantine.Library of Congress Panoramic Maps (T. M. Fowler, 1906) · Public domain
The corner of Shirley and Jefferson streets in Mount Union, a recent photograph.The corner of Shirley and Jefferson streets in Mount Union, a recent photograph.Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · CC0
A ferry on the Juniata near Mount Union, as Myer Souders describes itA ferry on the Juniata near Mount Union, as Myer Souders describes itShared by Myer Souders
Downtown Mount Union, from the Historic American Buildings Survey of the town.Downtown Mount Union, from the Historic American Buildings Survey of the town.Library of Congress HABS PA-2822 · Public domain
Jack's Mountain, Mount Union, the Juniata and the stone arch bridge, as printed in Welch's 1909 history of Mount Union.Jack's Mountain, Mount Union, the Juniata and the stone arch bridge, as printed in Welch's 1909 history of Mount Union.Charles Howard Welch, History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township (Mount Union Times, 1909), via Internet Archive · Public domain
Perspective View of House Looking North. Gable End Not Visible in Photograph Was the Canal Side. - John Sharrar House, West Water Street near Division StreetPerspective View of House Looking North. Gable End Not Visible in Photograph Was the Canal Side. - John Sharrar House, West Water Street near Division StreetLibrary of Congress · pa2853.photos.038950p

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