Movement-Martyrdom

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

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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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