Women in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã earned the right to vote in 1918, a year before it became federal law. Settlers had tried to get women’s suffrage in the state constitution, but it did not get ratified in time. A specific example of this was Emma Smith DeVoe who was originally born in Illinois, where she was influenced by Susan B. Anthony at a young age. In South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã, she began as an assistant state organizer for the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Equal Suffrage Association (SDESA) in 1889. In South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã, DeVoe worked closely with Susan B. Anthony.
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Physical copy located at the Agricultural Heritage Museum in Brookings.
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