Jennifer Riggs attended Simpson College and graduated in 1899. After her marriage to George Cosson, she became a teacher and a suffragist, and was in demand as a speaker.
The Marion Federation of Women's Clubs was an umbrella organization that met monthly at the Marion Public Library, allowing individual women's clubs to work together on community service projects.
Dugdale was a Quaker reformer devoted to social justice causes including the anti-slavery movement, the woman’s rights movement, various peace movements, prison reform and aiding Indians. Dugdale called for an Iowa Woman’s Enfranchisement…
