With the beginning of women’s suffrage in the autumn of 1920, the ladies of Charlestown promptly exercised their full responsibilities of citizenship by voting in the national election.
And when the annual Charlestown election came around for the town on January 13, 1921, they took to the polls in large numbers, casting more than one-half the ballots, the Morning News reported on Jan. 14, 1921.
“They opposed those who had been holding office for years and named a new set of men as follows: Horace Graham, Bayard Black, Isaac Heisler, William T. Henry, W. P. Morrison. Those defeated were Harry W. McKeown, Elmer Murphy, Marion Lewis, H. T. Heverlin, and W. E. Black.
NOTE — Thanks to Jeannette Armour for sharing this piece of research she did. The subject of women’s suffrage is one of our research interests and this was a fascinating piece.
FOR MORE ON WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN CECIL COUNTY —
General Jones and the Suffragists Occupy Cecil County
In Historic Election in Rising Sun, Women Vote for the First Time in Cecil County
Source: A photo provided by Elizabeth McMullen and published in the North East Water Festival Booklet, July 1984.