The New Citizen (Votes for Women)

The New Citizen (Votes for Women)

Votes for Women Pub. Co.

Missouri Hanna, considered the first woman newspaper publisher in Washington State, was the founder and editor of The New Citizen, the successor to her earlier suffrage publication Votes for Women. With the tag line “The magazine that won equal suffrage in Washington,” it focused on the role of newly enfranchised women in Washington. Articles discussed a variety of state and regional issues, including labor legislation, divorce laws, wage disparity between men and women, reproductive rights, and more.


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