Belle Coit Kelton

Isabella Morrow Coit Kelton (26 November 1855 – 24 November 1956) was an American suffragist and one of the first four women admitted to Ohio State University. and a close friend of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Life Marriage license for Frank C. Kelton and Isabella Morrow Coit, Franklin County, Ohio, 27 March 1883 Isabella Morrow Coit was born on 26 November 1855 in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Harvey Coit Jr. and Elizabeth Greer. She argued that women also were part of the 'Youth of the Land', and so were included in the terms of the Morrill Act, which established Land Grant Colleges. 1883, and the couple had five children, all of whom were born in Columbus: Virginia, Elizabeth, Franklin, Stanton, and Edwin. abolitionists who used it as a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Activism Belle Coit Kelton actively supported the Godman Guild Settlement House, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the League of Women Voters. She was also an early officer of the Columbus Equal Suffrage League, established in 1907. Between February – July 1914, more than 150 petition workers gathered 9,187 signatures, representing over 10 percent of the county's registered voters. She was one of the oldest owners of an Equitable annuity policy. Belle died on 23 November 1956, two days shy of her 101st birthday.