Frances Lillian Willard Munds (June 10, 1866 – December 16, 1948) was an American suffragist and leader of the suffrage movement within Arizona.

[4] Frances Willard's her maternal grandfather was Colonel James Russell Vineyard, a Wisconsin Territory and California politician.

[6] She continued after marrying, finally leaving education when the school board refused to expel students who had drawn knives in her classroom.

[8] This marked a change from the practices of earlier suffrage leaders, such as Josephine Brawley Hughes, who had shunned the Mormon community.

[12] However, although Territorial Governor Alexander Brodie had told suffrage leaders he would n ot go against the legislature, he vetoed the bill.

[4] The next year, during Arizona's constitutional convention, a proposal granting women's suffrage was introduced.

[11] During the summer of 1912, Munds helped organize a petition drive to collect the 3,342 signatures needed for a ballot initiative.

[4] When the election results were counted, the suffrage initiative had passed by a three-to-one margin in every county.

[11] In 1913, Governor George Hunt appointed Munds to represent Arizona at the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Budapest, Hungary.

[17] On May 4, 2024, a statue of Munds, created by sculptor Stephanie Hunter, was unveiled in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza.