Laura Gregg Cannon

Laura Gregg Cannon (September 1869 – December 21, 1945) was an American lecturer and organizer in the women's suffrage movement.

In 1905, Gregg continued the organizing in Oklahoma, addressing an audience of 6,000 at the Grand Army of the Republic encampment and speaking to teachers' institutes, business colleges, country school house meetings and women's clubs.

In 1901, she edited a small printed sheet called the Headquarters Message, filled with Nebraska State suffrage news, club reports, as well as National recommendation, and sent it monthly to the workers.

she made an extensive tour of the Territory and by the time Congress had passed the Enabling Act in June, 1910, it was thoroughly organized with suffrage clubs in every county and in all of the larger towns and cities, with a membership of about 3,000 men and women.

[16] A socialist and well-known organizer, his efforts were devoted for years to the interest of labor,[7] including the Metal Workers’ Union.

[17] In September, 1912, Cannon returned to Arizona, again campaigned the State and through her efforts, every labor organization pledged its support.

[22] Still a California resident in 1914,[23] she was sent to Nevada by the NAWSA in September of that year, to organize more thoroughly the southern counties, as success depended on an overwhelming vote from the miners and ranchers there.

[27] In New York in November 1912, Cannon was a speaker at a meeting of the social department of the Political Equality Club.

Cannon told the audience that in Arizona, the Progressive and Socialist parties had woman suffrage planks in their platforms which proved to be of assistance in the campaign.