November 5, 1918 - THE SUCKLEY WOMEN VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME

According to Robert’s Journal, Bessie and her daughter Betty had registered to vote in Rhinecliff the previous May. New York State granted women the right to vote in 1917, and the New York Gubernatorial in 1918 was the first statewide election in which women could vote.

Pictured, members of the new electorate: (clockwise from top left) Betty, Daisy,  Helen Langdon, Katharine, Kittie Hammersley, and Peg Montgomery