California Equal Suffrage Association

[5][6] Part of the reason for rebranding the organization was to reach out to men for support of the suffrage cause.

[8] Activists affiliated with this organization lobbied for women's suffrage from automobiles and produced goods for purchase such as playing cards and postcards.

[9] Suffragist Gail Laughlin traveled the state in November 1904 campaigning on behalf of suffrage and spreading the word about this organization.

[10] Historian Gayle Gullett noted that the Los Angeles Times referred to the attendees as "several hundred assertive-appearing women.

[13] Attendees included Caroline Severance, Mary Sperry, Anna Bidwell and Ellen Clark Sargent.

Mary Simpson Sperry
Lillian Harris Coffin