 The cover page of the April 6, 1912 inaugural issue of Maryland Suffrage News | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Edith Houghton Hooker |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Ceased publication | 1920 |
| Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland |
| OCLC number | 20738164 |
The Maryland Suffrage News was a weekly newspaper founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1912[1] by Edith Houghton Hooker as the voice of the Just Government League (JGL) of Maryland, a pro-women's suffrage organization that she founded in 1909.[2] Hooker was the editor of the paper and Dora G. Ogle was the business manager, while Hooker and her husband, Donald R. Hooker, provided the main financial backing. Members of the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) could subscribe to the national Woman’s Journal (Boston) and the Maryland Suffrage News at the same time, but the Maryland Suffrage News also was available by separate subscriptions.[3] Eventually, the JGL affiliated with the National Woman's Party, a group that advocated for suffrage via congressional amendment, a stance that led to its withdrawal from the NAWSA.[4]
- ^ "About Maryland suffrage news". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ Stapler, Martha G., ed. (1917). The Woman Suffrage Year Book. New York: National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company. pp. 193.
- ^ "Proceedings and Debates of the 108th Congress Second Session". United States of America Congressional Record. 3. 150. United States Government Printing Office: 3714. 2004.
- ^ Crooks, James B. (1968). Politics & Progress: The Rise of Urban Progressivism in Baltimore, 1895 to 1911. Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press.