Eliza Pickrell Routt
Eliza Pickrell Routt (1839 - 1907) was a pioneer in women's suffrage. Eliza Franklin Routt, maiden name Pickrell, was the first woman registered to vote in Colorado, when the state became the second state after Wyoming to grant women the right to vote. She was Colorado's original first lady, as wife of John Long Routt, the first state governor of Colorado. Eliza progressed the equal rights movement for women, as First Lady, but also on her own, as the elected president of The City League of Denver, which was an active proponent of the women's suffrage movement.[1]
Early years
Born in Springfield, Illinois to Mary Ann Elkin and Benjamin Franklin Pickrell in 1839, Eliza was orphaned early in her childhood. She was taken in to her grandfather Colonel William Franklin Elkins's home at that time.[2]
References
- ^ "A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches". Google Books. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Eliza Routt". Colorado Great Women. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
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