Inez Milholland Boissevain
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A photo of Inez Milholland Boissevain. Lawyer, pacifist, feminist, suffragette, and national face of the women's movement, she married a Dutchman - she proposed to him! - and lost her American citizenship. (Women had to take the man's citizenship.)
Despite suffering from pernicious anemia and over the protests of her family, she embarked on a speaking tour for women's rights in 1916. She collapsed on stage in Los Angeles and died about a month later in a local hospital. She was 30 years old.
Her last public words were "Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?"
Despite suffering from pernicious anemia and over the protests of her family, she embarked on a speaking tour for women's rights in 1916. She collapsed on stage in Los Angeles and died about a month later in a local hospital. She was 30 years old.
Her last public words were "Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?"
Date & Place:
Aug 6, 1886 - Nov 25, 1916
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Updated Mar 08, 2019
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