As suffragists and their supporters prepared for the November 1912 election they held final meetings across the state to draw attention to the woman suffrage measure on the ballot, including a large group in Salem. This article demonstrates the variety of suffrage supporters and the reach of suffrage ideas in Salem and the state.1870: First Oregon suffrage organizations
1878: All Oregon taxpayers, regardless of gender, may vote in school elections
1878: Married women’s property act passes Oregon legislature
1884: Woman suffrage on ballot 1st time
1896: Idaho women achieve the vote
1900: Woman suffrage on ballot 2nd time
1906: Woman suffrage on ballot 3rd time
1908: Woman suffrage on ballot 4th time
1910: Woman suffrage on ballot 5th time
1910: Washington State women achieve the vote
1911: California women achieve the vote
1912: Oregon women achieve the vote!
1914: Marian Towne, elected to Oregon Legislature from Jackson County
1920: Nineteenth Amendment ratified
1936: Nan Wood Honeyman, first Oregon woman elected to U.S. Congress, House of Representatives
1977: Norma Paulus elected Secretary of State, first woman elected to statewide office
1990: Barbara Roberts first woman elected governor of Oregon
2012: Oregon Woman Suffrage Centennial
2020: Nineteenth Amendment Centennial
