Virginia Brooks | |
|---|---|
 Brooks in 1909 or 1910 | |
| Born | January 11, 1886 |
| Died | June 15, 1929 (aged 43) Portland, Oregon, US |
| Resting place | Wilhelm’s Portland Memorial |
| Other names | Virginia Washburne |
| Occupation(s) | Political activist, suffragist, author |
| Notable work | My Battles with Vice and Little Lost Sister both books by Brooks |
| Movement | Women's Suffrage |
| Spouse |
Charles Shephard Washbune
(m. 1913) |
| Children | Walter Washburne |
Virginia Brooks (January 11, 1886 – June 15, 1929) was an American suffragist and political reformer who worked in the Chicago region and throughout Indiana in the early 1900s. She was born to parents who moved from Ohio to Chicago. Brooks penned two books, Little Lost Sister (1914) and My Battles with Vice (1915).[1][2]