• December 15th 1870 Susan B. Anthony Lectures @ Potsdam Town Hall.

• March 2nd 1902 Papers Read on "Franchise" @ Universalist Church

• July 21st 1911 Tuesday @ 8 pm Address in favor of suffrage in the Park. Harriet May Mills speaks.

• May 1911 Carrie Chapman Catt Speaks in Canton.

• June 6th 1913 Mrs. Gertrude Nelson, Women's Suffrage Speaker @ 8 pm Universalist Church.

• May 19th 1914 Suffrage Association Convention in Canton @Universalist Church - 10:30 am. Carrie Chapman Catt speaks in this month and Year as well.

• June 11th 1914 8 pm Canton Auxiliary of the State Association Opposed to Women Suffrage.

• February 7th 1915 Mrs. Julius Frank gave an address on suffrage for over an hour at Music Hall in Norwood.

• June 22nd 1915 Dr. Anna Howard Shaw speaks in Canton.

• August 18th 1915 Kate Devereux Blake Speaks at Opera House on "White Slavery" And on "Woman Suffrage" on the corner of Elm and Market St.

• September 9th 1915 Frances M. Bjorkman speaks at County Fair on Suffrage.

• October 27th 1915 The Ogdensburg Political Equality Club will host an address on Suffrage by Beatrice Robinson at the Opera House.

• October 1915 Wednesday evening Mrs. Emma S. DeVoe and John Temple Graves spoke at the opera house at the suffrage mass meeting.

• October 28th 1915 A second meeting concerning suffrage held at the opera house with Congressman Bill and B.F.R. the speakers.

• November 5th 1915 Second Fortnightly Number Play held, "Servant in the House."

• September 13th 1916 Suffrage Club Meeting at the fire station hall last Wednesday. Dr. Helen B. Owens of Ithaca spoke

• February 23rd 1917 February Meeting of the Woman's Club held at Fireman's Hall Tuesday evening. Women discussed gaining the ballot and the NYS Woman Suffrage Party.

2009 AAUW Research Award Goes to Grad Student Rebecca Jewell

The AAUW-St. Lawrence County Branch presented its fourth annual AAUW Research Award to SUNY Potsdam Graduate student Rebecca Jewell at the branch's annual fall membership meeting on Sept. 22, 2009 in Canton. The local AAUW Research Award is given annually to a woman in St. Lawrence County who contributes significantly to academic research. AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and is a visible leader in equity and education through research, philanthropy, and measurable change in critical areas impacting the lives of women and girls.

Jewell is currently completing a SUNY Potsdam's Masters of Arts degree in English and Communication, which is an interdisciplinary program comprised of literature, composition, and communication. Her scholarly research paper, "Suffrage in St. Lawrence County: As Reported in the Local Newspapers," won the second annual second Researching the North Country Writing Competition in May sponsored by the NNY Library Network. Her winning essay can be read online.

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