Frances Jennings Casement

Frances Jennings Casement (1840–1928)[2] was an American suffragette and voting advocate from Painesville, Ohio.[3] Her father Charles C. Jennings was a politician active in the abolition movement in the 1830s. Frances married General John S. Casement in 1857.[4] He was elected as representative to congress and lobbied for voting rights for women.

Frances Jennings Casement
Frances Jennings Casement c. 1860
Born	Frances Jennings 1840 (1840)
Died	1928 (aged 87–88)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Lake Erie College[1]
Occupation	Suffragist
Spouse(s)	John Stephen Casement ( m. 1857)

Frances and her husband moved to Wyoming where she became friends with suffragettes Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1870 they returned to Painesville, where Frances continued her campaign for women's rights. In 1883, she organized the Equal Rights Association in Painesville and in 1885 helped found Ohio Women's Suffrage Association, serving as president from 1885 to 1889.[5]

Casement lived to see the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution giving women equal voting rights adopted in 1920.

The Casement House in Painesville Township was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

Casement was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 2001.[6]

Frances Jennings Casement and her husband, John Stephen Casement

References

1. Dodd, Adam (6 February 2020). "Casement House in Painesville serves as landmark for women's suffrage". The News-Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
2. "Frances Casement Papers, 1884-1892 Finding Aid". Five College Archives & Manuscript Collections. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
3. "Casement, Frances Jennings". Social Networksand Archival Context. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
4. Timeline: a publication of the Ohio Historical Society, vol. 18, 2001, p. 12
5. "The Casement House / General Jack and Frances Jennings Casement (12-43)". Ohio Historical Markers on Waymarking. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
6. Podolak, Janet. "Downtown Painesville honoring residents for efforts at annual luncheon". The News-Herald. Retrieved 24 June 2019.