MR 1:10 Ruth Page Jones and the South Dakota Women's Suffrage Movement

In 1918, the South Dakota legislature passed a bill granting women the right to vote. This extraordinary achievement did not occur after a few mild asks. Women had been campaigning vigorously for 100 years for this right and their movement simply would not take rejection without coming back again. Time after time the South Dakota legislature denied women this right. Ruth Page Jones, of the South Dakota Humanities Council Speaker's Bureau tells us this great story. Ruth especially tells of the important role played by school suffrage, something most of us know nothing about. We also discussed the role the Bible played on both sides of this debate.