brooklyn celebrates suffrage activist Harriet May Mills’ nomination for secretary of (New York) state
One hundred years ago today … New Yorkers celebrated the nomination of a woman to a major political position: Harriet May Mills, Syracuse-area suffrage activist, had been nominated by the New York Democratic Party for the position of Secretary of State. In Brooklyn newspapers, women lauded the nomination.
Perhaps the excitement led to Mills’ decision to make a public appearance in Brooklyn.
WRITTEN BY JONATHAN GOLDMAN, AUGUST 13, 2020.
TAGS: suffrage, women in politics, New York State, Brooklyn