Political History of the Western Reserve
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Postcard from about 1915:
~ The Connecticut Western Reserve was and continues to be an important political force in the region,
the state, and the Nation.
~ Early Ohio and national politics were influenced by men and women from the Western Reserve.
~ Peter Hitchcock, an early settler in Burton (Geauga County) is considered the "Father of the Ohio
Constitution".
~ James Garfield, 20th President of the United States grew up in the Western Reserve.
~ And Womens Suffrage had significant support from the men and women of the Western Reserve.
~ Newbury Township (Geauga County) was known for local demonstrations and meetings in support
of women's rights in the early 1900s.
~ Among the Civil Rights and Suffrage leaders to speak at Newbury's Union Chapel were Susan B.
Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Louisa May Alcott.
~ The Newbury Womens Suffrage Club, established in 1874,was one of the earliest to be established.
~ The Union Chapel - a nondescript 1800s wooden structure still standing in South Newbury - was
called the "shrine" and is considered to be the "cradle" of the women's suffrage movement.
