Elisabeth Freeman
/Overview
Elisabeth Freeman born Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England September 12, 1876 (d. 1942). Anglo-American militant suffragist and pacifist who opposed World War I; organized spectacular suffrage protests including leading a yellow gypsy wagon in DC; NAACP Anti-Lynching Campaign in Texas 1916; first women’s train on presidential campaign 1916.
Quotations
On her beginning as a militant activist: "I saw a big burly policeman beating up on a woman, and I ran to help her, and we were both arrested. I found out in jail what cause we were fighting for." (elizabethfreeman.org; c.1913 photo Wikipedia)