15 Facts About Flora Dunlap

Flora Dunlap was born on 1872 and was an American social worker and social reform activist in Iowa.

Flora Dunlap served as the president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association in 1913.

Flora Dunlap headed the Roadside Settlement House in Des Moines, Iowa.

Flora Dunlap was a friend of Jane Addams and a supporter of the Women's Suffrage Movement.

Flora Dunlap earned an apprenticeship at the Kingsley Settlement House a year later.

Flora Dunlap ultimately returned to the Roadside Settlement in 1918, where she maintained head resident until 1924.

Flora Dunlap had been offered to go to another house in the east, however Addams believed she would have more autonomy in the western area.

Flora Dunlap served as head resident of the Roadside Settlement House for two decades.

In 1912 Flora Dunlap ran for the Des Moines school board.

Flora Dunlap won the election as the first woman to ever serve on the board.

Flora Dunlap concluded the board was not ready for women and neglected to run for re-election after complaining none of the other male members would speak or listen to her opinions.

In 1913 Flora Dunlap won the presidency of the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association.

In 1916 Flora Dunlap led a campaign in which an amendment to the state constitution was submitted to voters to allow women the right to vote.

Flora Dunlap was an active member of Des Moines Women's Club from 1907 to 1926.

In 1917 and 1918, Flora Dunlap maintained the position of regional director of the girls division of the War Camp Community Service.