Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915) Outspoken and often
controversial, Abigail Scott Duniway is remembered as Oregon's
"Mother of Equal Suffrage" and "the pioneer Woman Suffragist of
the great Northwest." As lecturer, organizer, writer, and
editor, Duniway devoted over forty years to the cause of women's
rights. In Idaho Territory in 1896, Duniway celebrated victory
for woman suffrage. In Washington Territory, her early successes
were overturned, although the State of Washington would give
women the vote in 1910. In Oregon, which defeated woman suffrage
more times than any other state, Duniway witnessed five
losses—in 1884, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1910—before Oregon women
gained the ballot in 1912. Encouraged by her mentor, Susan B.
Anthony, Duniway attended national suffrage conventions and
became one of five NWSA (National Women's Suffrage Association)
vice-presidents-at-large. In 1890, she helped negotiate the
merger of the NWSA and AWSA (American Woman Suffrage
Association) as the National American Woman Suff