Women; Suffrage; Ida Joe Brooks; Politics and Government
Article from the New York Times regarding Arkansas Attorney General John Arbuckle's ruling that even though women had the right to vote, they could not run for public office.
Segregationists; Racism; Little Rock Central High School; Robert J. Norwood; Social Conditions
Article in the New York Times regarding the arrest of Robert J. Norwood, head of the Arkansas States Rights Council and an ardent segregationist, for public intoxication in a nightclub catering to African-Americans.
Racism; Civil Rights; Women's Suffrage; Women; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock (Ark.); Augusta (Ark.)
New York Times article describing debate within and between various Arkansas women's organizations, and how the attempt to gain female suffrage would be influenced by questions of race.
Civil Rights; Women's Suffrage; Voting Rights; Women
New York Times article highlighting legal rulings across the country pertaining to women's suffrage and the 19th Amendment. The second paragraph pertains to the Arkansas Attorney General rejecting Dr. Ida Joe Brooks's candidacy for state office.
Integration; Desegregation; African-Americans; Blacks; Little Rock Central High School; Little Rock (Ark.); James T. Karam; Phillip Back; Sidney Rieger
Statement from Wilson Farnsworth Fowle, New York Times reporter, regarding his introduction to and ensuing observations of James T. Karam and others.
