Alice Gertrude Baldwin

Alice Gertrude Baldwin (1859 - 1943) was an African American suffragist.

Family life

Gertrude Baldwin was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1859 to Mary E. Baldwin and Peter L. Baldwin. She was the second of three children, with one older sister, Maria Louise Baldwin and one younger brother, Louis F. Baldwin. [1]

Education and career

She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attended New York University after attending teacher's college. [2]

Suffrage work

The Wilmington Equal Suffrage Club was formed March 19, 1914 and Alice Gertrude Baldwin was a member. She was a champion of woman suffrage and racial equality and worked for women's suffrage through the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.[3]

References
  1. Lewis, Alison. "Biographical Sketch of Alice Gertrude Baldwin". Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000. Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. Lewis, Alison. "Biographical Sketch of Alice Gertrude Baldwin". Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000. Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  3. Lewis, Alison. "Biographical Sketch of Alice Gertrude Baldwin". Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000. Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
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