Frances Jolliffe

Frances Borgia Jolliffe (1873 – November 9, 1925) was an American actress, journalist, and suffragist, and arts editor at the San Francisco Evening Bulletin.

In that role, she interviewed Enrico Caruso and reviewed Ruth St. Denis (whose solo performance of Radha bored Jolliffe in 1911).

[7] Jolliffe, Sara Bard Field, Ingeborg Kindstedt and Maria Kindberg set out on a road trip from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. in September 1915,[8][9] as "suffrage envoys", to deliver a "monster petition" of thousands of signatures supporting women's suffrage,[10] and meet with President Woodrow Wilson and members of Congress.

[14] She rejoined the group in Albany, New York, in time to participate in the East coast part of the trip, and to deliver the petition to Congress and President Wilson.

[15] "Anybody who thinks the California women don’t care about the vote had just better go out there and try to take it away from them," Jolliffe told an audience at a New York City rally during one of their stops.

Photograph of billboard signs on brick wall welcoming arrival of Congressional Union automobile envoys in Washington, D.C.: "Welcome to envoys of women voters. Mrs. Sara Bard Field & Miss Francis Jolliffe. Envoys arrive Washington Mon. Dec. 6th 12 noon, Stanton Square 4th St. & MD. Ave. N.E. Received at Capitol Mon. Dec. 6th 12:30 P.M. East Steps by Senators & Representatives. Received by President Wilson Mon. Dec. 6th 2 P.M. at the White House. Mass Meeting Belasco Theatre Sun. Dec. 12th 3:30 P.M. Speakers: Envoys of Women Voters Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont, Senator Geo. Sutherland, Rep. Frank. W. [last name obscured]."
A billboard welcoming the suffrage envoys, Sara Bard Field and Frances Jolliffe, to Washington, D.C. in 1915; from the Library of Congress.