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Suffrage activists Belle Squire, Grace Wilbur Trout, Grace Nichols, and Ella S. Stewart, 1910

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Suffrage activists Belle Squire, Grace Wilbur Trout, Grace Nichols, and Ella S. Stewart, 1910

Belle Squire (left) was an active supporter of the Alpha Suffrage Club, the first suffrage organization for African American women. Squire often argued that women should not have to pay taxes if they could not vote.

DN-0008441, Chicago Daily News collection, CHM