6 Methodist women who fought for the vote

Suffragettes march  in Washington, D.C., dated 1910 to 1920.

John Wesley was a fan of voting.

According to a 1774 journal entry, he urged Methodist Society members: “(1) To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy (2) To speak no evil of the person they voted against, and (3) To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those that voted on the other side.”


Not every society member could take his advice. In Wesley’s day, voting was strictly a land-owning, male affair.

Getting to the point where all adult citizens had a voice in choosing their government took hard work, great risk and tremendous faith. Fortunately, many faithful members of Wesley’s movement, especially women, joined the struggle to expand the right to vote. 

Read more about these courageous women at this link.