Eliza Pickrell Routt

Eliza Pickrell Routt (1839 - 1907) was a pioneer in women's suffrage. Eliza Franklin Routt, maiden name Pickrell, was the first woman registered to vote in Colorado, which became the second state after Wyoming to grant women the right to vote. Born in Springfield, Illinois to Mary Ann Elkin and Benjamin Franklin Pickrell in 1839, Eliza was orphaned early in her childhood. She was taken in to her grandfather Colonel William Franklin Elkins's home at that time.[1]

She was Colorado's original first lady and the wife of John Long Routt, the first state governor of Colorado. Eliza progressed the equal rights movement for women, as First Lady, but also on her own, as the elected president of The City League of Denver, an active proponent of the women's suffrage movement.[2] In honor of her role in the state's suffrage movement, the Secretary of State of Colorado gives the Eliza Pickrell Rout Award for outstanding voter registration efforts to a teacher or administrator that enrolls eligible seniors to vote.[3]


External Links

Lohse, Joyce B.First Governor, First Lady: John and Eliza Routt of Colorado

References

  1. ↑ "Eliza Routt". Colorado Great Women. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. ↑ "A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches". Google Books. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Eliza Pickrell Routt Award" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-10-11.
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