Inez Milholland

Overview

Inez Milholland Boissevain born Brooklyn, NY August 6, 1886 (d. 1916). Socialist pacifist suffragist orator; labor lawyer and journalist who sailed on Ford's Peace ship to stop World War I; expelled from Italy for antiwar articles; suffrage icon riding white horse in 1913 parade DC.

Quotations

Suffragist battle cry: "Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?" (Oct. 23, 1916 final speech, Los Angeles; photo Wikipedia)