The Proclamation!

Duniway (seated), Gov. West, and Viola Coe

One hundred years ago today, Oregon Governor Oswald West issued the proclamation giving women the right to vote. Abigail Scott Duniway had the well deserved honor of drafting the document, which you see here, both transcribed courtesy of Oregon State Archives and in her handwriting.

Proclamation State of Oregon–Executive Department, Salem, Oregon, November 30, 1912

Whereas: The women of Oregon, after long and patient effort, have persuaded the men of th...