Inez Milholland | |
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| Born | August 6, 1886 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 25, 1916 (aged 30) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Vassar College, NYU School of Law |
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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.