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Suffrage leader’s legacy preserved in sculpture

Hannah Elsmore Arizona Capitol Times//May 10, 2024//[read_meter]

Melanie Sturgeon, president of The Arizona Women’s History Alliance, speaks at the May 4 unveiling of a statue to honor Frances Willard Munds, who led an effort to place a successful initiative on the ballot to allow women to vote in Arizona years before passage of the 19th Amendment. PHOTO BY HANNAH ELSMORE/ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES

Suffrage leader’s legacy preserved in sculpture

Hannah Elsmore Arizona Capitol Times//May 10, 2024//[read_meter]

After a six-year fundraising campaign, a sculpture now stands in Wesley Bolin Plaza to honor the leader of the suffrage movement in Arizona. Frances Willard Munds pioneered efforts to enshrine...

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