<p>This business card belonged to Misssouri (Saunders) Hanna (1857-1926), in her role as publisher of "Votes for Women," a Seattle newspaper published from 1909-1912. Ms. Hanna, often known as "Mrs. M. T. B. Hanna," was Washington Territory's first woman newspaper publisher. Her Seattle and Edmonds-based newspapers "Edmonds Review,""Votes for Women," and "The New Citizen" made her a powerful voice for women's rights. The movement for women's suffrage in Washington state culminated in the November 8, 1910 vote to amend the state constitution, extending the right to vote to women. </p>
<p>Caption information source: "Votes for Women: A 1910 article by Missouri Hanna, called Mother of Journalism in Washington State," by Lorraine McConaghy, Ph.D., Editor, HistoryLink.org Essay 8107.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Business cards; Publishers; Suffragists--American--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
M.T.B. Hanna
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