Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-12-08
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.

died recently in Los Angeles, and who
was well known to the s~uffragette
leaders of Montana, where she had
beer 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 c~ampaigned 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 a wealthy young
Dutch banker and refused to wear a
wedding ring because she considered
it a 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 a clump of
gloomy evergreens.
She also made a new worlds rec
ord for women by putting the eight
pound shot 81 feet 3 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 al
New York university. She was ad'
mitted to the bar in 1912 and after
joined the law firm of Osborne
Lamb and Caravan.
In the next four years scarcely 6
month went by that Miss Milholland':
Cor Mrs. B~oissevain's) activities were
not chronicled in the public prints.
She had a hard campaign for WON
an suffrage and socialism, and hel
cvart-tail speeches were a JOY to hear
even though the listener did not agre,
with her opinions. AS a lawyer sn,
always al the friend of the op
pressed and the d~own-trodden. Sh,
won many notable cases.
She took an intense interest in thu
welfare of the poorer classes. II
1909 she found herself a prisoner il
the Mercer Street police station TO,
too strenuous craftsmanship with dis
orderly girl shirt-waist strikers. Thu
district attorney dismissed the charg,
against her after she had been baile(
out under her protests.
Romantic Marriage.
In 1913 New Workers were amaze.
by her romantic courtship and wed
ding. 1t is said she met Eugen Bots
sevain, a young H~ollander, June IL
for the first time. There followe;
a whirlwind love affair, such as tn
novelists love to describe, resulting
in a wedding July II, which was con
cealed from the public for severa
weeks.
When Mr.. Milholland, father of tn,
bride, heard of the marriage, he ca
bled: "Have not been so mad in 20,
years. You should be boiled in oil
Do not expect forgiveness until tn
next century. Indefensible chip
the old block, you have given us
rough deal, but nevertheless I hum
bly, and f%ervently 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, wher
the beautiful suffragette had gone o.
a tour with William Marconi, wire
less inventor, and his wife.
Mrs. Boissevain was a member O
the Ford Peace Expedition, but left j
in Stockholm, saying:
"The undemocratic method EN-
; ployed by the managers of the expedi
ton is repugnant to my principles.
Some folks consider themselve