Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Former "Transcript" publisher took a stand

In 1914, A.C. Olsen editorialized in support of women’s suffrage

In searching through the New Rockford Transcript archives from 1914 and 1920, I encountered far more than I was expecting when it comes to women’s suffrage.  

Some of the stories we informative reports of meetings among the Votes for the Women’s League as well as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

At first glance, it was hard to tell if the Transcript writers had any opinion on th...