Myrtle Cain, ca. 1923.

Myrtle Cain during her first term in the Minnesota House, 1923.

Suffragists including Bertha Moller, secretary of the Minnesota branch of the National Woman's Party (second from left), pose with a suffrage petition before presenting it to a New Mexican senator, 1918. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress.

Sarah Colvin, president of the Minnesota branch of the National Woman's Party, poses in front of party headquarters in Washington, DC, 1918. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress.

National Woman’s Party (NWP) Secretary Bertha Moller of Minneapolis (left) and a second woman hold a banner at a protest, ca. 1917. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress.

Various Minnesotan suffrage organizations gather at the National Woman’s Party headquarters in Washington, DC, 1917. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress.

National Woman's Party of Minnesota member Florence Youmans, left, is arrested in Washington, DC, for refusing to give up her suffrage banner, 1917. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress.

Bertha Moller, secretary of the National Woman's Party in Minnesota, ca. 1910s. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress.

Elsie Hill, a national organizer for the National Woman's Party, gives a speech about women’s suffrage during a convention in St. Paul, 1916. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress.