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3.18.2013

***** Inez Milholland: suffragist, labor lawyer, World War I correspondent, and public speaker who greatly influenced the women's movement in America

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inez_Milholland  <<< must read

On October 22, 1916, she collapsed in the middle of a speech in Los Angeles, and was rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital. Despite repeated blood transfusions, she died on November 25, 1916, at 10:55


Her last public words were, 
"Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?"


1 comment:

  1. In a tribute to Milholland, Mount Discovery in the Adirondacks was renamed Mount Inez.

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