Inez Milholland

Inez Milholland Dies During Western Suffrage Tour Becoming Martyr for the Cause

1916-11-14 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

On November 14, 1916, Inez Milholland collapsed and died at age 30 during a western suffrage lecture tour, making her a martyr for the women’s suffrage movement. Milholland, the glamorous lawyer and activist who had led the March 3, 1913 suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. astride a white …

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Women's Suffrage Parade in Washington Attacked by Hostile Crowds as Police Stand By

1913-03-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson’s presidential inauguration, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, newly-appointed chairs of NAWSA’s Congressional Committee, organized the first major civil rights march on Washington, D.C. Lawyer and activist Inez Milholland, riding a white horse …

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