Virginia Minor | |
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| Born | March 27, 1824 |
| Died | August 14, 1894 (aged 70) |
| Known for | First president of the Woman's Suffrage Association of Missouri 1867 |
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| Children | Francis Gilmer (1852-1866) |
Virginia Louisa Minor (March 27, 1824 – August 14, 1894) was an American women's suffrage activist in Missouri. She is best remembered as the plaintiff in Minor v. Happersett, an 1875 United States Supreme Court case in which Minor unsuccessfully argued that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote.