Anne Dallas Dudley | |
|---|---|
 Dudley, c. 1900 | |
| Born | Annie Willis Dallas November 13, 1876 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 1955 (aged 78) Belle Meade, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Known for | Women's suffrage activist |
| Spouse |
Guilford Dudley Sr.
(m. 1902; died 1945) |
| Children | 3, including Guilford Jr. |
Anne Dallas Dudley (born Annie Willis Dallas;[1] November 13, 1876 – September 13, 1955) was an American activist in the women's suffrage movement. She was a national and state leader in the fight for women's suffrage who worked to secure the ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee.
After founding the Nashville Equal Suffrage League and serving as its president, Dudley moved up through the ranks of the movement, serving as President of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association and then as Vice President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, where she helped lead efforts to get the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, giving women the right to vote nationwide. She is especially noted for her successful efforts to get the Nineteenth Amendment ratified in her home state of Tennessee, the final state necessary to bring the amendment into force.[2]
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