Estelle Hall Young (1884-1938) was a leader of the African-American women's suffrage movement in Baltimore, Maryland.
[1] Young established a Colored Women's Suffrage Club in West Baltimore and became its first president in 1915.
[3] She organized new chapters, including one in Montgomery County, and led weekly meetings to help women register and vote.
She worked with local churches to spend five minutes at the beginning of Sunday services to speak about voter registration, and her efforts made a difference.
Unlike white women voters who left civil rights work after the passage of the 19th amendment, Young and her community continued.
[1] Young was asked to speak at the Sharp Street Methodist Episcopal Church at a Women's Day event in 1918.