Alma Nash Marching for Women's Suffrage
Nodaway Historical Society
Maryville, Missouri
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In this episode, Margot and Heather travel to the Nodaway County Historical Society in Maryville, Missouri, to explore the story of Alma Nash, who founded an all-women’s marching band that traveled to Washington, D.C., where they marched in a suffrage parade in 1913, bringing young women from northwest Missouri onto a national stage.
They speak with historian Elyssa Ford and with Melissa Middleswart of the Nodaway Historical Soc, who help explain the cultural world that made the band possible and the impact it had on the community.
[Photo credit: Alma Nash Archives of the Nodaway County Historical Society]
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"Alma Nash." Missouri Valley Special Collections. Kansas City Library. Accesible here.
McMillen, Margot. 2011. The Golden Lane: How Missouri Women Gained the Vote and Changed History. History Press.
The Nodaway Historical Society can be found here.
National Votes for Women Trail, project of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation can be found here.
Steiner, Michael J. and Brent Trout. 2013. Images of America: Maryville. Arcadia Publishing.
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