The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-10
NOTABLE CAREER
OF SUFFRACETTE
INEZ MILHOLLAND BOISSEVAIN
WAS WELL KNOWN TO THE
WOMEN OF MONTANA.
Called Most Beautiful Suffragette,
Was Woman of Exceptional Talent,
Lawyer, Writer and Speaker of
Ability; Her Romantic Courtship
and Marriage.

Inez Milholland Boissevain, who
died recently in Los Angeles, and who
was we'll known to the suffragette
leaders of Montana, where she had
been on several occasions, was cred
tied with being the most beautiful
suffragette in the world, as we'll as a
woman of exceptional talent. For
years she had been a striking figure
in New York, a dashing leader in
public work and thought, a lawyer,
writer and speaker of pronounced
ability.
She campaigned with Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst in England, was
thrown into a New York Jail in a
shirt-waist workers strike, found
herself politely bowed out of warning
Italy because of her pacifist views,
became wife of wealthy young
Dutch banker and refused to wear a
wedding ring because she considered
it badge of slavery.
Stirred Up Vassar.
Before entering Vassar college she
had had the advantage of schooling
in the United States, England and
Germany. At college she leaped into
newspaper fame. The schools head
had forbidden undergraduates to as
semble either within the college pre-
cincts or in the town of Poughkeepsie
to discuss the subject of woman suf-
frage. Miss Milholland triumphed
over the regulations by gathering the
woman's rights cohorts in the local
graveyard, where they cheered her
virile oratory under clump of
gloomy evergreens.
She also made a new worlds rec
ord for women by putting the eight
pound shot 81 feet 7-S inches. She
held the college record for basket ball
throwing and the college cup as the
best all-around college athlete, played
Romeo in college theatricals, was
elected president of her class Junior
year and captained a victorious hoe
key team.
Practiced Law in New York.
In 1900 she was graduated from
Vassar and took up law studies at
New York university. She was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1912 and after
joined the law firm of Osborne,
Lamb and Garvan.
In the next four years scarcely a
month went by that Miss Milholland' s
Cor Mrs. Boissevain's) activities were
not chronicled in the public prints.
She had hard campaign for wom-
an suffrage and socialism, and her
cvart-tail speeches were Joy to hear,
even though the listener did not agree
with her opinions. AS lawyer sn>
pressed and the down-trodden. She
won many notable cases.
She took an intense interest in the
welfare of the poorer classes. In
1909 she found herself prisoner in
the Mercer Street police station for
too strenuous partioanship with dis
orderly girl shirt-waist strikers. The
district attorney dismissed the charge
against her after she had been bailed
out under her protests.
Romantic Marriage.
In 1913 New Workers were amazed
by her romantic courtship and we'd
ding. It is said she met Eugen Bois-
sevain, a young Hollander, June IL,
for the first time. There followed
whirlwind love affair, such as the
novelists love to describe, resulting
in a wedding July II, which was con-
cealed from the public for several
weeks.
When Mr.. Milholland, father of the
bride, heard of the marriage, he ca
bled: "Have not been so mad in 200
years. You should be boiled in oil.
DO not expect forgiveness until the
next century. Indefensible chip f
the old block, you have given us a
rough deal, but nevertheless I hum
bly, and fervently pray Gods blessing
upon you and yours forever. Pater."
Despite it's briefness, Miss Milhol-
lands courtship started in the Unit
ed States and ended in London, where
the beautiful suffragette had gone on
a tour with William Marconi, wire
less inventor, and his wife.
Mrs. Boissevain was a member of
the Ford Peace Expedition, but left it
in Stockholm, saying:
"The undemocratic method en-
ployed by the managers of the expedi-
ton is repugnant to my principles. "
Some folks consider themselves
charitable because they give their old
clothes awav