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IN SCR0053
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Recognizes the contributions of three Indiana women—May Wright Sewall, Zerelda Wallace, and Helen Gougar—to the women's suffrage movement in Indiana and nationally
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May Wright Sewall (1844-1920) was an educator who founded the Girls' Classical School of Indianapolis in 1882, helped establish the Indianapolis Equal Suffrage Society, and served as chairman of the executive committee of the National Woman Suffrage Association
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Zerelda Wallace (1817-1830s Indianapolis resident) was instrumental in founding the Women's Christian Temperance Union, served as president of the Equal Suffrage Society of Indianapolis, and was elected vice president of the National Woman Suffrage Association
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Helen Gougar (1843-1907) edited "Our Temperance Herald," drafted a municipal suffrage bill in Kansas that passed in 1887, became a delegate to the Prohibition Party National Convention in 1892, and was admitted to the bar in 1895
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to the League of Women Voters
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the roles played by May Wright Sewall, Zerelda Wallace, and Helen Gougar in the Indiana women's suffrage movement.