Sallie Davis Hayden

Sallie Davis Hayden (July 12, 1842 – September 15, 1907^[1]) was a suffragist in the Arizona Territory of the United States.^[2]

Sallie Calvert Davis was born near Forrest City, Arkansas, on July 12, 1842,^[2] to Cornelius Davis and Eliza Halbert.^[3] She was a school teacher in Visalia, California, when she met Arizona businessman Charles Trumbull Hayden, whom she married on October 4, 1876.^[3][4] Sallie served briefly as postmaster of Hayden's Ferry, Arizona^[5][6] which was later named Tempe.^[7]

Sallie was interested in politics and hosted suffragist speakers in her home at Hayden's Ferry.^[5] Along with Josephine Brawley Hughes and Frances Willard Munds, Sallie was one of the founders of the suffrage movement in Arizona.^[2]

Sallie was the mother of Carl Hayden, elected in 1912 as the first Representative from Arizona. In 1913, in honor of his mother, Carl introduced a joint resolution calling for women's suffrage.^[8]

References

1. "Tempe: Death of Mrs. Hayden". Arizona Republican. Phoenix, Arizona. September 16, 1907. p. 8.
2. "Sallie Davis Hayden (1842-1907)". Arizona Women's Hall of Fame. 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
3. "Hayden Family Papers". Arizona Archives Online. 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
4. "Married". Arizona Sentinel. Yuma, Arizona. October 28, 1876. p. 3.
5. Collins, Tom (August 6, 2011). "Votes for women! Arizona Territory's ill-fated Suffrage Bill of 1883". sharlot.org. Sharlot Hall Museum. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
6. "Local Matters". Arizona Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. January 6, 1877. p. 3.
7. "Charles Trumball Hayden House". tempe.gov. City of Tempe. 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
8. Briley, Ron (2009). Dewhirst, Robert E.; Rausch, John David, eds. Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. Infobase. pp. 254–255. ISBN 9781438110288. Retrieved March 8, 2015.