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The Frances Munds Challenge

Meet Arizona's first celebrated suffragist. Listen to her theme. Learn her story. Play the games. Stand at her statue. Earn your Badge.

🤝 In Partnership with AZ Women's History Alliance 📍 Bolin Park · AZ State Capitol
1Listen 2Learn It 3Live It 4Share It 🏅Badge
🎵 Step 1 · The Challenge Song

Rise & Shine — The Frances Munds Anthem

Pick your genre. Pick your pace. Level 1 is one track + reflection. Level 2 is a Journey Through Genre — all seven, with a reflection for each, and the ear of a true Wingtapper.

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Rise & Shine

Original · The Anthem
Complete all 7 reflections for Level 2.
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Rise & Shine (v2)

Alt Mix
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Rise & Shine

Latin
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Rise & Shine

Reggae
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Rise & Shine

Reggae Rap
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Rise & Shine

Reggae Soul
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Rise & Shine

Hip Hop
📖 Step 2 · LEARN It

10 Things to Know about Frances Munds

The facts. The fight. The legacy. Hover each card to lock it into your eMag.

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Born in 1866 in California

Frances Willard Lillian Munds was born in Yreka, California, and moved to the Arizona Territory in her teens, eventually settling in Prescott.

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A Teacher First

She trained as a teacher at the State Normal School at Tempe — the institution that would become Arizona State University.

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Led the AZ Suffrage Movement

As president of the Arizona Equal Suffrage Association, she was the public face and strategist of the fight for women's right to vote.

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Won the Vote in 1912

Arizona women won the right to vote via ballot initiative — 8 years before the 19th Amendment gave women across the U.S. the federal right to vote.

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Second Woman State Senator in the U.S.

Elected to the Arizona State Senate in 1914 as one of the very first women senators in American history.

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Masterful Coalition Builder

She partnered with labor unions, the WCTU, and rural communities — proof that alliances win what solo voices cannot.

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Prolific Writer & Speaker

Her essays, letters, and speeches are preserved in the Sharlot Hall Museum archives in Prescott — a primary-source gold mine.

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Friend of John Muir

An outdoorswoman and conservationist — she connected women's empowerment with stewardship of the land, long before "intersectional" was a word.

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Bronze at the Capitol

Her statue stands in Bolin Park at the Arizona State Capitol — the SHARE It destination for this challenge.

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She Left Her Mark

She died in 1948 at age 82, having moved the needle on suffrage, civic leadership, and conservation. Your journey is part of her legacy.

🧠 Step 3 · LIVE It

Play the Frances Munds Train the Brain Games

Lock what you learned into long-term memory the fun way — with games styled in Frances's honor.

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Frances Munds Category Qwest

Six categories, six rows of questions. Single-player, team, or classroom-ready. Marstronaut engine, Munds content.

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Frances Munds Word Finder

Hunt the suffragist terms: Ballot · Equal · Senate · Vote · Prescott · Rise · Shine · Sharlot Hall.

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Frances Munds Memory Match

Match faces, dates, and places from Frances's timeline. Beat the clock, earn SHARE It Coins.

📸 Step 4 · SHARE It

Stand at Her Statue. Snap the Selfie. Earn the Badge.

The Challenge Song is literal: go to the statue. Take the photo. Upload it. Claim your place in her legacy.