Women's suffrage in Alaska

This law only applied to non-native women since Alaska Natives were not considered citizens of the United States.

[4] Members of the Alaska WCTU eventually felt that to pass successful temperance efforts meant they would need the right to vote.

[6] One member of the Alaskan chapters of WCTU, Cornelia Templeton Jewett Hatcher, was also a suffragist who advocated for women's right to vote in the territory.

[3] Lena Morrow Lewis arrived in Alaska in 1912 where she served as an American Socialist Party leader for five years.

[9] When the Territorial Legislature opened in Juneau in 1913, Representative Milo Kelly of Knik, Alaska presented Hatcher's petition.

[9] The petition came from three women from Seward, Ada Brownell, Ida E. Green and Francis Turner Pedersen, and had 143 signatures.

[13] Pullen supported temperance and her wagon had a sign that read, "Vote Dry and Protect Your Home.

[17] A law passed by the Territorial Legislature allowed Alaskan Natives to vote if they gave up their "tribal customs and traditions.

[21] After winning in court, the case helped set a precedent that Alaska Natives could legally vote.

[29] Also that year, Alberta Schenck (Inupiaq) was arrested for resisting segregation in a theater in Nome, Alaska.

[19] When the Alaska Territorial Legislation opened in 1945, one of the top issues was dealing with civil rights for Native Alaskans.

[19] During the proceedings Elizabeth Peratrovich (Tlingit), a president of the ANS testified about how it felt to be subject to segregation.

[37] The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), modified in 1975, provided additional help for individuals who do not speak English.