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Frances Nacke Noel (January 5, 1873-April 24, 1963) was a women’s labor activist and suffragette, and was known as "the most eloquent female orator of Southern California" in the early 20th century. Nacke acted as one of the primary female labor and suffrage leaders in the Los Angeles labor movement. She was one of the first "progressive activists" to tie to the suffragette movement to the labor movement, thereby achieving mutual goals of emancipation of both women and workers. Through her oration and organization, Nacke was a key contributor to the passing of the suffrage movement in Los Angeles. A large part of Nacke’s platform throughout her life was compromising the differences between class divisions in the labor movement. == Early life == Frances Nacke was born January 5, 1873 in Saxony, Germany. She was the eldest of six children. The family lived in the upstairs of a furniture factory in which her father acted as superintendent. In her youth, Nacke's family expected her to take care of her siblings; she also began working at the age of 12. She left Germany at age 20 for New York City, eventually moving to Chicago where she was inundated with the politics of Eugene Debs and socialism. She moved to Denver in 1985, where she interacted with others who shared an interest in the questions of class division and social struggle. Nacke joined the Socialist Labor party in 1896. She unsuccessfully ran for a position in local Denver government on the socialist ticket. One isolated incident is said to have ignited Nacke's passion for women’s rights and the fight for suffrage. Shortly after her arrival in Denver, Nacke prepared to vote for the first time. Her employer, a former senator’s wife, passed out ballots to her employees that were previously marked-in. When Nacke inquired about the peculiarity, the senator’s wife explained that young women were not fit to vote. Outraged by that idea, Nacke became a lifelong convert to women’s suffrage. Later that year, Nacke moved to Los Angeles and joined the socialist movement there. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frances Nacke Noel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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