Suffrage in South Dakota

OPEN: Gladys Pyle discusses her personal and family background, Huron, South Dakota, in the 1890’s, the woman’s suffrage movement, the Prohibition movement in South Dakota, and South Dakota politics in the first half of the 20th century.

OPEN: Katherine Krell discusses living in Aurora County, South Dakota in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Topics include her family history, her grandfather’s service in the Civil War, White Lake, South Dakota in the 1890’s, the Spanish American War, the death of President McKinley, farm life, Prohibition, World War I, women’s suffrage, Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt, dust storms in the 1930’s, and television.

CLOSED: Nellie Wilsey discusses the history of Pedro, South Dakota, local wildlife, local customs, medical care in the early 1900’s, French ancestry among the local Native Americans, riding horseback to Pierre, South Dakota, and women’s suffrage.

OPEN: Mrs. Lorshbaugh and Mrs. Utesch discuss farming in Clark County, South Dakota, in the early 1900’s, their memories of the Depression, and women’s suffrage.

CLOSED: Fred and Frances Stiles discuss banking in Owanka, Watertown, and Aberdeen, South Dakota, from 1909-58. They also comment on women suffrage, prohibition, isolationism, and the Depression.

CLOSED: Marie E. Carlson and Jo Makens discuss the rights of women, Rose Sayers, and the Suffrage Act movement in South Dakota.