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Myra Virginia Simmons
Myra Virginia Simmons (June 8, 1880 – March 16, 1965) was a California suffragist and leader of the Colored American Equal Suffrage League (CAESL). She was a prominent Bay Area community organizer who served as Chair of the Women’s Civic and Progressive League in Oakland. Suffrage work Simmons was a California suffragist who served as president of the Colored American Equal Suffrage League (CAESL). She was active in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Women's Christian Temperance Union and often organized events at her church to promote the suffrage cause. Simmons was politically active in the 1910s and her suffrage work was mentioned several times in the ''The San Francisco Call, San Francisco Call'' newspaper. In 1911 she was the keynote speaker at a gathering of suffragists of color at the North Oakland Baptist Church. She was serving as President of the Colored Women's Suffrage League that year, which was the year women in California won the right to vote. Simmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colored American Equal Suffrage League
''Colored'' (or ''coloured'') is a racial descriptor historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow, Jim Crow Era to refer to an African Americans, African American. In many places, it may be considered a Pejorative, slur, though it has taken on Coloureds, a special meaning in Southern Africa. Dictionary definitions The word ''colored'' (Middle English ''icoloured'') was first used in the 14th century but with a meaning other than race or ethnicity. The earliest uses of the term to denote a member of dark-skinned groups of peoples occurred in the second part of the 18th century in reference to South America. According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', "colored" was first used in this context in 1758 to translate the Spanish term ''mujeres de color'' ('colored women') in Antonio de Ulloa's ''A voyage to South America''. The term came in use in the United States during the early 19th century, and it then was adopted by emancipated slaves as a term of racial pride a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
