Bessie Spence Dorrell

Bessie Spence Dorrell
Born
Helen Elizabeth Spence

1845 (1845)
West Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Died(1945-04-11)April 11, 1945
OccupationMusic teacher
OrganizationEqual Suffrage Study Club

Bessie Spence Dorrell (1875–1945) was an African American suffragist and music teacher.[1] She was the founding secretary of the Wilmington Equal Suffrage Study Club (WESSC), an African American women's suffrage organization founded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1914.[2]

Activism

Spence Dorrell was known for her role as the founding secretary of the Wilmington Equal Suffrage Study Club (WESSC).[1][2] The WESSC was founded "by and for African American women" to campaign for suffrage.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Stopyra, Diane. "African American suffragists | UDaily". www.udel.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  2. ^ a b "Bessie Spence Dorrell | Alexander Street Documents". documents.alexanderstreet.com. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  3. ^ "Equal Suffrage Study Club Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.