Century of Action-OE History Night

Take 1 octagonal barn, 1 suffrage lecturer, 2 pioneer women political figures, 15 Suffrage Players, and 161 history enthusiasts and you get one packed, fun, sing-along educational evening at the Century of Action-Oregon Encyclopedia History night at McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse last Tuesday. In addition to learning about how Oregon women got the right to vote in Oregon in 1912, and the important contributions women have made to the state in the century since then, attendees donated over $2500 dollars to the Century of Action centennial project.

Thank you all for making this a great event!

For a glimpse at some of the festivities see below or go to our Century-of-Action-Oregon-Women-Vote Facebook Page.

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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

1982: Betty Roberts first woman to serve on the Oregon Supreme Court

1990: Barbara Roberts first woman elected governor of Oregon

2012: Oregon Woman Suffrage Centennial

2020: Nineteenth Amendment Centennial

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