The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-12-08
MRS. MILHOLLAND BOISSEYAIN
NOTED SlrFRAGETrE Is DEAD

Los Angeles. Cal, Nov. 27.-Mrs.
Inez Milnolland BoissIvaiI, widely
known sutfragist an welfare worker.
died IN hospital here shortly before
m!anient Saturday, after an illness OF
ten weeks. She was 80 years old.
Mrs Boiss2vain was stricken sud
denly while addressing an audience
il this city during the recent political
campaign and tainted on the platform.
She was removed to a hospital and her
husband and parents rushed from
New York to join her here. Miss Eloa
Milho.land. her sister. was with her
when she was stricken and has been
in consta.t attendaace since taat
time.
Mrs. Boissevain's illness was dag
nosed as plastic anemia and blood
TRANSMISSION was r, r,sorted to in at
tempts to iml.ov her condition. Miss
Vide MilhollanI twice gave blood lST
this purpose a..I on four ether occa~
sions friends submitted TO the ordeal
in hope that becedt would result.
After each t:ansfusion t: temporary I'M
provement was followed by relapse. A
few days ago physicians stated there
was practically no hore for Mrs.
Boissevain, but thereafter she rallie:
and it was thought she might re-
cover. Late Saturday she began to
sink. Her husband, Eugene Boisse-
1ain; her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Z. Milholland of New York, and her
sister, Miss Vida, were present when
she died.
1t was stated that Mrs. Boissevain's
trouble originated in her tonsils,
which became inflamed as the result
of too constant speaking during tn"
campaign. She had been weakened by
over-exertion and when she became
i'll her system fail;d to resist tht
advance of the disease.
Arrangements were completed SUI
dav to send the body of Mrs. Boisse-
vain to her home in New York tonight
for burial. No funeral service will be
held here, it was announced.
Many messages Of sympathy have
been received by members of the
family from friends and prominent
workers in the womans suffrage
cause.
LEX Milholland Boissevain had been
for many years widely known for ner
activity as woman suffragist, So
cial welfare worker, an advocate OF
socialism and as g practicing lawyer.
she was born in New York August e.,
1856.
AS student in Fassar college,
19O5-1909, although known as the col
lege beauty, and possessed OF wealth
and position, she shunned society as
such and shocked the most conser-
vative college opinion by her radl-
ical social views. One of her acts dur
ing this period was to hold suffrage
meeting in a graveyard at night
when permission to hold the meeting
in the college chapel had been re-
fused her. She also made name for
herself as an athlete, being captain
of her class hockey team and won
the college championship, and d
member of the 1909 track team, at
which time she established new rec
ord for the college in the eight-pound
shot put at 81 feet 8 7-S inches.
Aside from her college activities,
she worked among the poor children
of the city of Poukeepsie, and had
her self appointed court probation Of
ficer During her first college vaca-
ton she visited London and there
turned the Pankhurst' suffragettes,
making several speeches and being
twice arrested.
During the 1908 presidential cam
uaign she won new fame as the girl
who broke up the Taft parade While
the parade was being held in New
York city she stationed herself in
window and shouted "Votes for Wo-
men!" through megaphone. Some OF
the marchers fell out of the parade
and gathered around her to hear her
make a speech for the suffrage cause.
Miss MilhoNand received her de-
cree in law at the New York un1Ver-
sity law school in 1912, and began the
practice of law in 1912, as a clerk in
the offices of James W. Osborne, her
practice being the defense of Red
Phil Davidson, charged with the
murder of Big Jack Zelig. Her next
case was the defense of Gee Doy
Yung, accused of murder in emma
town tong war, and she was success
full in obtaining his acqu.tal. :.
In July, 1913, she married by civil
ceremony in London Eugene Bolsse-
vain, wealthy Hollander. to wnom
she had been introduced by William
Narconi. inventor of wireless telesra
ply. She returned to this country
and continued her practice OF Ia"
and suffrage activities. In 1918 she
went to Italy as war correspondent
and was forced to leave Italy Dy the
authorities tl.2~c 3,@ause OF her
racifist writings.
In 1916 she went as a delegate ca
the Ford peace ship, but left the part;
at Stockholm because. as sne sald III
,1,1Gpmncr01lc meth