Ida Craft

Ida A. Craft (1861-1947) was an American suffragist known for her participation in suffrage hikes.[1]

Ida Craft
The "Colonel"
Born1861 (1861)
New York
DiedSeptember 15, 1947(1947-09-15) (aged 85–86)
Rockland County, New York
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSuffragist, Social Activist, Prohibitionist

Biography
Mrs. J. Hardy Stubbs, Miss Ida Craft, Miss Rosalie Jones circa 1912-1913

Craft was born in New York in 1861.[2] Known as the "Colonel", she took part in the 1912-1914 Suffrage Hikes.[3][4] Craft was elected as a Delegate at Large to the Constitutional Convention in New York in 1914, running for the Prohibition Party.[2]

She died in Rockland County on September 15, 1947.[1]

See also

References
  1. O'Donnell, Rhianna. "Biographical Sketch of Ida A. Craft". Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920. Alexander Street Documents. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. "Ida Craft". Her Hat Was In The Ring. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "Col. Craft Is Angry. Snub For Gen. Jones. Talks of Rushing About Country at Six-Day-Bicycle-Race Speed and Says She Doesn't Like It" (PDF). New York Times. February 25, 1913. Retrieved 2009-08-14. So angry that she would not speak to General Rosalie Jones Colonel Ida Craft, second in command, led the detachment of suffragist hikers that spent the night at Overlea into Baltimore late this afternoon. General Jones was not in the lobby of the Hotel Stafford when Colonel Craft came tramping in.
  4. "Col. Craft Walks On, But Hikers Protest. Her Feet Swollen So Badly That She Falls Behind Companions. Says 'I Am Going Through.'" (PDF). New York Times. February 23, 1913. Retrieved 2009-07-29. Gen. Rosalie Jones, in command of the suffragist hikers, changed the army's schedule once to-day, and then she changed it back again. Early in the day, although the pilgrims were walking over bad roads under a sullen downpour of rain, the General said that from this town tomorrow the pilgrims would proceed to Baltimore, twenty-six miles away.

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