Inez Milholland

Inez Milholland
Born(1886-08-06)August 6, 1886
DiedNovember 25, 1916(1916-11-25) (aged 30)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationVassar College, NYU School of Law
Spouse
Eugen Jan Boissevain
(m. 1913⁠–⁠1916)

Inez Milholland Boissevain (August 6, 1886 – November 25, 1916) was a leading American suffragist, lawyer, and peace activist.

From her college days at Vassar College, she campaigned aggressively for women’s rights as the principal issue of a wide-ranging socialist agenda. In 1913, she led the dramatic Woman Suffrage Procession on horseback in advance of President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration as a symbolic herald. She was also a labor lawyer and a war correspondent, as well as a high-profile New Woman of the age, with her avant-garde lifestyle and belief in free love. She died of pernicious anemia on a speaking tour, traveling against medical advice.


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