Georgetown, Wilco celebrate suffragist Jessie Daniel Ames

  • Jessie Daniel Ames was a Georgetown suffragist and anti-lynching advocate in the early 1900s.
    Jessie Daniel Ames was a Georgetown suffragist and anti-lynching advocate in the early 1900s.
  • A photo of Jessie Daniel Ames after she became the first president of the Texas League of Women Voters.
    A photo of Jessie Daniel Ames after she became the first president of the Texas League of Women Voters.

    Celebrate the life and work of Jessie Daniel Ames — a suffragist and anti- lynching advocate who spent the early 1900s working to improve the lives of underrepresented Williamson County residents — next month at Lark & Owl Booksellers.

    Coined Jessie Fest by organizers in the League of Women Voters of Williamson County, the event begins at 7 p.m., November 2, at the bookstore, 205 West Sixth Str…