OUR HISTORY, OUR RIGHT, OUR STATUE, WE DID IT!!

SUFFRAGE STATUE CAMPAIGN

As part of Arizona’s celebration of the passage of the 19th Amendment, the Arizona Women’s History Alliance honors the Arizona women who worked so hard for the passage of our state’s suffrage law. We launched a Suffrage Statue Campaign and raised funds to place a statue of Frances Willard Munds, President of Arizona Equal Suffrage Association, in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

We Broke the Bronze Ceiling: Frances Met Her 21 st Century Constituents May 4, 2024

Thank you to every supporter who contributed to this beautiful piece of public art.

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We Celebrate and Recognize

  • Stephanie Hunter, Arizona sculptor of the Frances Willard Munds Suffrage Statue
  • Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Speaker at the statue dedication
  • Michelle Udall, legislator who sponsored the bill allowing the statue to sit on state land
  • Members of the Frances Willard Munds’ family
  • Arizona Women’s Club members
  • Arizona Business and Professional Women’s Foundation
  • Significant donors (listed at the base of the Munds statue)
  • The Suffrage Statue Committee
  • Arizona Women’s History Alliance Board members

VISIT FRANCES WILLARD MUNDS

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She mobilized Arizona women in 1912 to fight for their right to vote.

Under her leadership suffragists created a powerful coalition with miners, labor leaders, farmers, ranchers, and members of all political parties.

8 years before the passage of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution she convinced 65% of Arizona’s male electorate to vote “Yes” for Arizona women’s right to vote

She launched an initiative petition campaign to put the question of women’s suffrage directly to male voters. 8 years before the passage of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution she convinced 66% of Arizona’s male electorate to vote “Yes” for Arizona women’s right to vote. She was elected Arizona’s first female Senator and worked for the rights of women and children.

VISIT WESLEY BOLIN PLAZA

Visit the Frances Willard Munds Suffrage Statue at site #13 on the North side of Wesley Bolin Plaza.

CAMPAIGN DONORS

The following individuals, foundations, companies or organizations have made a donation to the campaigns as of August 2023:

$10,000 - $70,000

Luke & Meredith Sorenson
Melanie Sturgeon Family
Silicon Valley Bank
Anonymous Donor
GFWC Glendale Women's Club
Seth K. and Lauren J. Hassell
Anonymous Donor

$5,000 - $9,999

Business and Professional Women, AZ
Catherine May
Kevin & Nancy Cummings
HEAL Foundation
Southwest Foundation
Jamie and Tarik Williams

$1,500 - $4,999

Anna O’Leary
Barbara Barrett
Dan Abbott
Daughters of the American Revolution, AZ

Community Foundation of AZ Southern Division--Betsy Bolding
Elizabeth May
General Federation of Women’s Clubs-AZ

Gail Lucky
Lynn Hoffman
​Beverly McManus
Jane Rosenbaum

$500 - $1,499

Arizona Women's Hall of Fame
Maricruz Barker
David and Julie Benson
Jeremi Brewer
Dana Campbell Saylor
Elle Investments, LLC
Brian & Ashley Schenk

David Goana
Gloria Cuadraz
Elizabeth May
Mary Melcher
Heidi Osselaer
Helen Pugh

Aaron Rogers
Jill Weber
Laura Blandford
Monica Boyd

$250 - $499

Arizona Community Foundation
Jana Bommersbach
Carrie Gustavson
Stephen Laband
Ocean Munds-Dry
Janeen Trevillyan
Mari Cruz Barker
Zona Lorig
Christine Marin
Mary Rothchild
Octaviana Trujillo
Paradise Valley Women’s Club

$100 - $249

Li Mahlek Art
Betsey Bayless
Norma Jean Coulter
Jesselyn Goana
Kenneth D. Goering
Collette Hill
Suzanne Hunt
Aimee Keller
Robert Kellis
Elyse Hunt MacKenzie
Serene Matthews
Mark McOmber
Louis Mendoza
Ann Pyron
Linda W. Smith
Elizabeth Stewart
Annamaria Swatzell
Neil Urban
Janice Cleere
Virginia Economopoulos
Becky Gaspar
Cynthia Hubiak
Janolyn LoVecchio
Jay Parker
Brian Pleva
Melissa Rosel
Jessica Smith
Brenda Thomson

Under $100

David Allen
Cindy Andresen
Margaret Baker
Susan Burns
Mary Betcher
Charles Biederman
Troy Bowman
Gary Brennan
Scott Brown
Heather Catfall
Amber Clark
Anna Connell
Julia Couch
Paula Cullison
Christel DeLord
Alice Duckworth
Breanne Fahs
Julie Faris
Kathy Gibbs
Niki Glen
Letitia Guerra
Laren Armour
Carolyn Broe
Randall Carrillo
Steve Gray
Karen S. Harper
Gwen Harvey

Scott Hancock
Blake Hardison
Jeffrey Harvey
John Heidenreich
Michelle Hoffman
Carol Kozolski
Judith Ann Levin
Kathleen Mancino
Elizabeth May
Joan Mecham
Ruth Ann Meyers
Terry Minnow
Elvia Mioni
Michael Mortensen
Adrian C. Moyer
Classics Unlimited Music
Harold Payne
Eric Pyles
Melissa Rosel
Michelle Kato
Janice Klein
Beth Lewallen
Marina McIsaac
Terry Minnow
Autumn Mortensen

Dustin Smith
Leanne Smith
Linda Speranza
Riptide Pool and Spa
Arianna Urban
Shayna N. Whiting
Lynn Whitman
Bonnie Payne
Sean Rogers
Olga C. Salgado
Karen Scates
White Lion Foundation