The Woman’s Standard is a United States (Des Moines, Iowa) suffragist newspaper. Founded in 1886 by Martha Callanan, The Woman’s Standard was a publication of the Iowa State Women’s Suffrage Association.
While there are names throughout the newspaper of women (and men) who wrote in and reported about equality and suffrage, there is also some great historical information that can benefit your research.
A good example has to do with the 1911 U.K. Census. Wondering why you can’t find Grandma in this census? The Woman’s Standard provides a clue,
“This is a census year for England and Wales. The suffragettes have conceived this new method of passive resistance. They refuse to make out the census papers. They say, “We are not citizens, and therefore do not need to be counted.”
(May 1, 1911, page 2, 2nd column.)
WorldVitalRecords has The Woman’s Standard for various dates from 1911.
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