Boston Mayor Wu: Asserting Black Women's Right to Vote - Maria L. Baldwin in 1920
February 24, 2022
February 24, 2022
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 24 (TNSRes) -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news:
By Erin Wiebe
On September 17, 1920, Maria Louise Baldwin lined up to sign her name to a registration book recording new Boston women voters. The Nineteenth Amendment granting voting rights to women across the United States had just been ratified the previous month. Many African American women living in Boston, including Maria L. Baldwin, claimed their right to vote that year . . .
By Erin Wiebe
On September 17, 1920, Maria Louise Baldwin lined up to sign her name to a registration book recording new Boston women voters. The Nineteenth Amendment granting voting rights to women across the United States had just been ratified the previous month. Many African American women living in Boston, including Maria L. Baldwin, claimed their right to vote that year . . .