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Campaign Activities

When: 1893
Where: Colorado
Part of: Colorado women granted the right to vote

In 1893, suffrage organizations mobilized support, with Elizabeth Piper Ensley encouraging African American participation and Carrie Chapman Catt organizing local groups.

Elizabeth Piper Ensley helped encourage African American women to join the movement and influenced Black men to vote for women's suffrage. Carrie Chapman Catt visited Colorado in September to speak and organize women in towns lacking suffrage groups.

Sources

Women's suffrage in Colorado Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-30

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