Women Suffrage: Articles and Speeches

This series consists of historical papers, correspondence, and materials related to temperance and suffrage. Marien Smith Todd became very involved in the temperance cause serving as superintendent of education for the Women's Christian Temperance Union for her county and district in Michigan. She wrote many articles, speeches and poems relating to temperance and carried on a correspondence with a fellow Michigan WCTU member for many years. The Todd family also actively supported the Women's Suffrage movement believing that liquor would not be banned until the women were allowed to voice their feelings through voting. His father, James A. Todd (1838-1926) was born in New York and moved to Michigan 1839. James served as a volunteer in the Civil War, was wounded, and received a medical discharge in 1863, marrying Marien Smith that same year. James and Marien Todd had four children- Raymond (1869-1962), Hubert (1872-1965), Dwight (1877-1968), and Marien (1880-1938).