By Hannah Lahti - Loyola University Chicago, Masters in Public History Program, Fall 2019 In 1818 the Illinois State Constitution extended citizenship to all white men over the age of twenty-one years [1].  Thirty years later, the second Illinois State Constitution still denied suffrage to women [2]. It was not until the third Illinois State Constitution … Continue reading Early Suffrage in Illinois: A.J. Grover and the Earlville Suffrage Association