Women's suffrage in New Mexico
[1] During the time that New Mexico was a territory of the United States, women were allowed to vote in school board elections.
[2] Nevertheless, during the convention which began on October 3, librarian, Julia Duncan Brown Asplund, attended each day and petitioned delegates to provide partial suffrage for women in the right to vote in school elections.
[4][7] Delegate Solomon Luna, uncle of prominent New Mexican suffragist, Nina Otero-Warren, and H.O Bursum were both pro-suffrage.
[8] Delegate Reuben Heflin, a Democrat from Farmington introduced the school election provision early on during the convention.
[10] After this, the Woman's Club of Albuquerque presented a petition for partial suffrage to the convention through Delegate Stover.
[7] The constitution required that three-fourths of all voters in each county in New Mexico would have to approve any changes to suffrage in the state.
[11] She started recruiting within the state WCTU, but then later switched tactics, focusing on the more socially influential clubwomen in other groups.
[11] One of the politicians who created obstacles for women in New Mexico who wanted full suffrage was Senator Thomas Benton Catron.
[14] In July 1915, the CU built on the endorsement of women's suffrage from NMFWC and held drives to organize.
[16] Deane Lindsey helped found a local suffrage organization in Santa Fe that October.
[14] Lucero-White Lea and Otero-Warren traveled across New Mexico, speaking primarily to Hispanic women on behalf of the CU.
[24] Instead of being discouraged, the experience convinced more women that they needed to become involved in politics and have the right to vote in order to fix the problems they encountered.
[28] Otero-Warren heavy lobbied Hispanic members of the state house of representatives and convinced them to support the ratification of the amendment.
[31] That January, Governor Larrozolo called for a special session of the New Mexico State Legislature to convene on February 16 to address the ratification of the 19th amendment.
[33] Also after the passage of the 19th Amendment, a large number of New Mexican women entered politics and worked prominently in various state and local organizations.
