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Local League Of Women Voters To Mark 100th Anniversary Of Suffrage In New York State In 2017

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Mrs. Thomas L. (May Groot) Manson, a Suffragist leader in East Hampton, Suffolk County, and NYC. Oil painting by John Singer Sargent.

Mrs. Thomas L. (May Groot) Manson, a Suffragist leader in East Hampton, Suffolk County, and NYC. Oil painting by John Singer Sargent.

Suffragists parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1917.

Suffragists parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1917. Suffragists parade down Fifth Avenue, 1917. Advocates march in October 1917, displaying placards containing the signatures of more than one million New York women demanding the vote. The New York Times Photo Archives

Members of the League of Women Voters 100th Anniversary Committee are, standing, left to right, Glorian Berk, Judy Samuelson, Ann Sandford, Cathy Peacock, Barbara McClancy, Susan Wilson and seated, Arlene Hinkemeyer at the Home Sweet Home Museum in East Hampton with an early 20th century suffrage sash. Missing from photo are committee members Judi Roth and

Members of the League of Women Voters 100th Anniversary Committee are, standing, left to right, Glorian Berk, Judy Samuelson, Ann Sandford, Cathy Peacock, Barbara McClancy, Susan Wilson and seated, Arlene Hinkemeyer at the Home Sweet Home Museum in East Hampton with an early 20th century suffrage sash. Missing from photo are committee members Judi Roth and

author on Jan 3, 2017
Back in 1998, Arlene Hinkemeyer and fellow members of The Hamptons League were preparing to march in East Hampton’s 350th anniversary parade, dressed as suffragists. A historian by training, Ms.... more

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