HISTORY COMMITTEE TAKING ACTION
It’s another great day in the history of the vote. On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th amendment became official, ending the long battle for women’s suffrage in the U.S. (Aug. 18 marked the ratification of the 19th.) A few years earlier, in 1913, Orlandoans Mary Patterson, Jessie O’Neal, and Mary Safford announced the start of a local group to fight for the cause. In their honor and with gratitude, Leaguers and history fans recently placed flags and flowers at the graves of Patterson and O’Neal in Orlando’s Greenwood Cemetery (Safford is buried in Illinois). From left are Tana Porter, Holly Carpenter, Joy Dickinson, and Joan Erwin. Ann Patton snapped the photo. For more about Jessie O’Neal, visit bit.ly/3sHOJav
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