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Waynesburg Republican - Article - "New Voters Show Interest in Election" (4 November 1920)Entry/Object ID
2018.1.93Scope and Content
"New Voters Show Interest in Election" article, Waynesburg Republican, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 4 November 1920, page 1, column 2. Microfilm archived at the Cornerstone Genealogical Society.
Transcribed by Candice Buchanan.
"New Voters Show Interest in Election
Notwithstanding Jupiter Pluvius acted as unchivalrously as it was possible for him to do, the new voters of Waynesburg and Greene County braved the bad weather and voted. They turned out in goodly numbers in every ward and precinct and were at the polls early. They were much interested and while it was a new experience they knew how they wanted to vote and marked their ballots and placed them in the ballot boxes as quickly as the men, showing little or no nervousness over their new privilege. At some of the polling places voters were waiting when the officials arrived. In the North Ward No. 2, Waynesburg, several women voters were waiting, among others being Dr. Jane Teagarden, who is believed to be the first woman to cast the ballot in Waynesburg. Miss Minerva Minor and "Aunt Betsy" Workman, who was once a slave in Virginia, were voters in this precinct who have passed the eightieth mile stone.
In the North Ward No. 2 Mrs. Abigail Hoge and Mrs. Mary Denny and in the South Ward No. 2, Mrs. Sarah McCormick, who are eighty and more years "young" all voted early.
The following women were appointed watchers at the polls: Misses Anna Mary Cooke, Jane Sayers, Nella Hoskinson, Mrs. William Bennet, Mrs. John Clark, Mrs. L. M. Hoge, Mrs. A. A. Purman, Mrs. J. B. F. Rinehart, Mrs. Ella Miller, Mrs. A. E. McKee, Mrs. John Huffman and Miss Blanche Hickman."Collection
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19th Amendment, African-American, Bennet family, Black History Month, Clark family, Cooke family, Denny family, Hickman family, Hoge family, Hoskinson family, Huffman family, McCormick family, McDonald family, McKee family, Miller family, Minor family, Newspaper, Politics, Purman family, Rinehart family, Sayers family, Teagarden family, Waynesburg, Waynesburg Republican, Womens Suffrage, Workman familyArchive Details
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Waynesburg RepublicanDate(s) of Creation
Nov 4, 1920Relationships
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Conkle, Edith [1874-1960]Person or Organization
Cooke, Anna Mary "Mamie" [1888-1990]Person or Organization
Helphenstine, Sarah J. [1839-1925]Person or Organization
Hoskinson, Nella Sophia [1893-1975]Person or Organization
McDonald, Mary Elizabeth [1841-1927]Person or Organization
Minor, Minerva [1837-1931]Person or Organization
Sayers, Jane [1875-1949]Person or Organization
South, Malinda [1867-1942]Person or Organization
Teagarden, Phoebe Jane [1841-1922]Person or Organization
Woods, Abigail [1835-1932]Provenance
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Waynesburg Republican - Publications CollectionNotes
Source Citation: "New Voters Show Interest in Election" article, Waynesburg Republican, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 4 November 1920, page 1, column 2; item no. 2018.1.93, Publications Collection, shared by Candice Lynn Buchanan, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).