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Arizona Women’s History Alliance

May 10, 2024

Suffrage leader’s legacy preserved in sculpture

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

Nov 4, 2019

Stephanie Hunter: Sculpting a pioneer of women’s suffrage

rances Willard Munds doggedly lobbied the Arizona Territorial Legislature to recognize women’s right to vote, then turned her attention to winning at the ballot box when the territorial governor objected, fearing it would jeopardize Arizona’s bid for statehood. Months after Arizona finally became a state, the voters – all men – overwhelmingly embraced women’s suffrage.

Apr 12, 2019

Capitol statue planned for early suffragist Frances Munds

Frances Willard Munds explained in a celebration speech in November 1912 how Arizona’s suffrage movement was “probably the most unique in history.”

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