Martha A. B. Conine

Martha A. B. Conine

Martha A. B. Conine was a state legislator in Colorado, a women's suffragist, and a leader of women's clubs. She was born in New York. She married J. M. Conine. She moved to Wisconsin and then Colorado. She served as president of the North Denver Women's Club.[1]

She represented Arapahoe County in the Colorado House of Representatives.[2][3] She supported passage of a primary nomination law.[4][5]

She wrote to Mariana Wright Chapman (1849-1910).[6] The Denver Public Library has an item related to her in its calling card collection.[7]

References

1. Municipal Affairs: A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Consideration of City Problems from the Standpoint of the Taxpayer and Citizen. Reform Club, Committee on Municipal Administration. 1898.
2. "Women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives |". Strong Sisters: Elected Women in Colorado. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
3. "Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association: And the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Woman's Rights Convention, at the Columbia Theatre ... Washington, D.C., February 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1898". National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention. The Association. 1898. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
4. The Twentieth Century Magazine. Twentieth Century Company. 1911.
5. "Proceedings of the National Conference for Good City Government, and of the Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League". National Municipal League. 1900. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
6. "Martha A. B. Conine letter to Mariana Wright Chapman". In Her Own Right. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
7. "Collection: Calling Card Collection". Denver Public Library Archives. Retrieved 11 January 2024.