Laura M. Johns
Laura M. Johns (née, Mitchell; December 18, 1849 – July 22, 1935) was an American suffragist and journalist. She served as president of the Kansas State Suffrage Association six times, and her great work was the arrangement of thirty conventions beginning in Kansas City in February, 1892. She also served as president of the Kansas Republican Woman's Association, superintendent of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and field organizer of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Johns died in 1935.
Laura M. Johns | |
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| Born | Laura Lucretia Mitchell December 18, 1849 Lewistown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 22, 1935 (aged 85) Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | suffragist, journalist |
| Language | English |
| Spouse |
James B. Johns (m. 1873) |
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