Elizabeth Schenck

Elizabeth T. Schenck (? - 1884) was a woman suffrage activist in California. She was one of the founders of the San Francisco County Woman Suffrage Association, along with Emily Pitts Stevens. The Association, founded in July 1869, was the first woman suffrage organization on the Pacific Coast. Schenck also wrote the chapter on California for Volume 3 of the History of Woman Suffrage [1] She served as the vice president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, representing California.[2]

References

  1. ^ Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage (1887). History of Woman Suffrage, Volume 3. p. 752.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Gordon, Ann D. (2000). The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Rutgers University Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-8135-2318-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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