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Anne was born on September 30, 1875, in Empire, Nevada, a tiny town east of Carson City. Her father was a prominent politician and merchant. She attended Whitakers School for Girls in Reno, and graduated from the University of Nevada in 1894. She went on to Stanford, and was awarded a second Bachelors Degree there in 1896. She went on for her Masters Degree in history, which she completed in 1897. From 1897-99 she headed the new history department at the University of Nevada. She studied for two more years at Columbia, Chases Art School in New York, and at London & Leipzig University. She returned to Nevada and taught art history. She quit that position in 1903 to devote the time to a family business. She also traveled and studied in the Orient and Europe.
In 1910, Anne was arrested at a pro-suffrage demonstration in England. In 1911 she returned to Nevada. That year she was named press secretary of the Nevada Equal Franchise Society. In 1912 she became their president. She led a campaign that resulted in approval of womans suffrage by the legislature in November 1914. The society changed its name to Nevada Womans Civic league. She stayed on as President. She also was a member of the Nevada Educational Survey Commission.
She also was a member of the executive committee of the National Woman Suffrage Association. In 1917 she became the first National chairwoman of Alice Pauls National Womans Party. In 1918 and 1920, she ran as an independent for U.S. Senate for Nevada. Anne's pacifism, an unpopular stand at the time, led to her defeat. However, she got 20% of the popular vote both times. She stayed in the party until late the 1920s. She was outspoken against women joining the estimated male dominated parties. At the same time, she wanted to inspire other women to enter politics.
In 1926 she became active in the womens International league for Peace and Freedom, was a National board member from 1926-37, director of the west region from 1926-31, a delegate to Dublin in 1926, and a delegate to Prague in 1929. She left the organization in 1936 in protest for lack of commitment to feminist goals. Anne was a strong opponent of U.S. involvement in World War II, just like she was during World War I. She wrote many articles and poems in magazines and journals throughout her life. She died in Carmel, California, on April 15, 1951.
Anne Martin, Candidate for the U.S. Senate, 1920;
Leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement in Nevada, Anne Martin toured all of Nevada by dirt roads in this late model touring car. She is seated next to her driver, Dr. Margaret Long.
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