Women's Franchise League of Indiana

The Women's Franchise League of Indiana would expand to one thousand, two hundred and five memberships in thirteen districts.

After the failure of the Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Bill, Hoosier suffragists and allies focused on a federal amendment to grant them the right to vote.

Their initial efforts did lead to results when the state passed the Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Bill in 1917[4] which granted women the right to vote in municipal, school and certain special elections.

The Maston-McKinley Partial Suffrage Act placed Indiana in line with states such as Illinois, Utah and Michigan.

[5] Although the Indiana Supreme Court did not rule the Maston-Mckenly Partial Suffrage Act unconstitutional, a lawsuit would soon be filed by another Hoosier man, William Knight.

The WFL of Indiana would undergo a movement utilizing pamphlets, organizing women and performing marches in the United States.

The WFL would also argue the social and working conditions created by World War I enabled women to voice their opinions to a different audience.

[7] While it is difficult to comment on the socioeconomic diversity of the WFL, it is presumed that most of the individuals were white women of middle to upper class statuses.