Vida Milholland
Vida Milholland | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, US | January 17, 1888
Died | November 29, 1952 Lewis, New York, US | (aged 64)
Occupation | Suffragist |
Vida Milholland (January 17, 1888 – November 29, 1952) was a women's rights activist and the sister of Inez Milholland, one of the leaders of the National Woman's Party.
Personal life
Vida was born in
Suffrage work
Vida Milholland was an ardent suffragist and an active member of the militant National Woman's Party and a political ally of Alice Paul. Along with her sister Inez, she was also a member of the College Equal Suffrage League of New York State.[4]
Milholland participated in the picketing of the White House during the first World War in support of women's suffrage.
At a 1921 conference in Washington, D.C. she was honored for her part in the suffrage movement.[5] Vida dressed in a white Crusader's costume the way Inez used to appear at a memorial for her sister in New York in 1924.[8]
Death
Vida Milholland died in Lewis, Essex County, New York on November 29, 1952.[2]
References
- ^ Doerksen, Clifford. American Babel: Rogue Radio Broadcasters of the Jazz Age.
- ^ a b "Miss Vida Milholland". New York Times. December 2, 1952.
- ^ a b Vida Milholland, Library of Congress, Retrieved 1 September 2016
- ^ OCLC 980346683.
- ^ a b "Many State Women to Attend Meeting". New York Times. February 7, 1921.
- ^ Linda, Lumsden (2004). Inez: The Life and Times of Inez Milholland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 179.
- ^ "Suffrage Pickets to Talk". New York Times. November 8, 1917.
- ^ "Sees Snub to Negro by Woman's Party: Inez Milholland's Father Represents Course Towards his Guests at her Grave". New York Times. August 18, 1924.