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Ibid. “Women Win the Vote From Tennessee and Suffrage Comes In All the Union”,  Providence Evening News, August 18, 1920, p.1 

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Ibid. “Colored Players in Suffrage Minstrels,” Providence Journal, May 14, 1916: section 4, pg. 10

Ibid. “Newport County Women Celebrate Ratification,” Providence Journal, August 20, 1920, p.2 

Ibid. “Ratificaton Raises Voting Questions,” Providence Journal, August 20, 1920, p.4 

Ibid. “Suffrage Defeated in North Carolina” Providence Journal, August 18, 1920, p.2 

Ibid. “Suffrage Victory Pleases Pioneer,” Providence Journal, August 20, 1920, p.1

Ibid. “To Hear Campaigners,” Providence Journal, November 2, 1922, pg. 11

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Ibid. “Woman Suffrage Wins, ”Providence Journal, August 19, 1920, p.10 

Ibid. “Women Suffrage Workers Hold Informal Reception,” Providence Journal, August 21, 1920, p.3 

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Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times, “North Carolina Votes to Postpone Ratification,” Pawtuxet Valley Times, Agusut 18, 1920, p.1 

Ibid. “Woman Suffrage is Ratified by Tennessee,” Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times, August 19, 1920, p.1 

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