Selina Solomons
Selina Solomons · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Led California's successful 1911 women's suffrage campaign, founded the Votes-for-Women Club, and wrote 'How We Won the Vote in California.'
1862, San Francisco, California, USA — 1942, San Francisco, California, USA
San Francisco, California
Selina Solomons is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Led California's successful 1911 women's suffrage campaign, founded the Votes-for-Women Club, and wrote 'How We Won the Vote in California.'
Selina Solomons was a suffragist from a pioneering San Francisco Sephardic Jewish family who helped win California's landmark 1911 woman-suffrage referendum. She founded the Votes-for-Women Club, which reached out to working women, and wrote a firsthand account, 'How We Won the Vote in California' (1912). Her organizing was central to one of the largest suffrage victories before the 19th Amendment.
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Source: Jewish Journal; Jewish Women's Archive
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Led California's successful 1911 women's suffrage campaign, founded the Votes-for-Women Club, and wrote 'How We Won the Vote in California.'
Source: Jewish Journal; Jewish Women's Archive
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