[1] Born in St. Louis, Missouri,[2] she moved to Oregon at a young age where she then became an active member of the suffragist movement.

[1][3] After Oregonian women gained the right to vote in 1912, Redmond remained politically active by working on the campaigns of various Republicans.

[5] Redmond likely grew up in a boarding house, since African Americans could not own property, and there were few single family homes available in the area at the time.

[3] During this time, Redmond estimated that the low membership of the group, 14 out of 2,500 potentially eligible black women in Portland, stemmed from the lack of awareness for the benefits of suffrage as well as negative influence from husbands and families.

[8] As part of the Colored Women’s Equal Suffrage Association leadership, Redmond organized meetings and lectures in churches around the city, particularly at Mt.

[11] During the 1914 election season, Redmond and other activists who helped gain Oregon women the right to vote worked on the campaigns of several Republican candidates.

[4] Although jobs were limited for African American women at the time, Redmond was able to find work in a variety of positions.

[12] At other times, she worked as a department store cleaner, a domestic servant, and lastly, as a janitor for Oregon's U.S. District Court.

[1] That year's March 17 edition of The Oregonian recognized her service with an article entitled “Janitress Lauded for Long Service.” Also, upon her retirement, she received an autographed picture and a letter from the postmaster general.

On July 21, 2012, the Century of Action Committee honored her and three other suffragists—Esther Pohl Lovejoy, Harry Lane, and Martha Cardwell Dalton—by installing new headstones for them at the cemetery.

[13] In July 2018, the president of Oregon State University, Ed Ray, announced that three campus buildings would be renamed due to their namesakes' racism.