amendment passed. Yarborough House, 300 Fayetteville St., Raleigh

The Yarborough Hotel/House hosted prime social and political events in Raleigh during the mid-to-late 19th century and early 20th century. It was close to the courthouse and had a convenient location downtown. On Feb. 2, 1915, all the state’s major suffragist groups and many North Carolinians attended a meeting at the Yarborough House. In the newspaper on Jan. 30, 1915, an announcement for the meeting read “every suffragist in North Carolina is urged to be present if possible.” The purpose of the meeting was to have a special hearing for the Suffrage Bill before the General Assembly decided on it. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw gave the address at the meeting. Gertrude Weil Papers (1856-1861, 1873-1970); Goldsboro Suffrage League, William Blount RodmanPapers; Equal Suffrage League of NC, January–April 1915, The State , “The Old Yarborough Hotel,” Nov. 5, 1949. Post-1920

The Yarborough Hotel/House hosted prime social and political events in Raleigh during the mid-to-late 19th century and early 20th century. It was close to the courthouse and had a convenient location downtown. On Feb. 2, 1915, all the state’s major suffragist groups and many North Carolinians attended a meeting at the Yarborough House. In the newspaper on Jan. 30, 1915, an announcement for the meeting read “every suffragist in North Carolina is urged to be present if possible.” The purpose of the meeting was to have a special hearing for the Suffrage Bill before the General Assembly decided on it. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw gave the address at the meeting.