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Barbara Bynum Henderson

Barbara Bynum Henderson lived in Chapel Hill, where her husband Archibald Henderson taught at the university. In 1913 she organized the Equal Suffrage League of North Carolina and was elected its president, winning a second term in 1915, and she took the suffrage fight to the General Assembly. Her poem "The March of Women" (1915) served the cause.

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  1. Barbara Bynum Henderson of Chapel Hill becomes president of the Equal Suffrage League of North Carolina Barbara Bynum Henderson, wife of UNC professor Archibald Henderson, organized the Equal Suffrage League of North Carolina and was elected its president, bringing the woman suffrage campaign to Chapel Hill. She was reelected unanimously in 1915. People: Archibald Henderson Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · Carolina Story: Barbara Bynum Henderson (1882-1955)

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