The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-12-01

Woman
Enters VaIly Of Shad-
ows--Friend of the
Oppressed

Mrs. In,z Milholland Bo~-evain. OF
New York, lawyer, noie~i -utl tlrari~t lead
er and friend oi tlle opprrs-.~i tie world
over died At lie Angeles. Cal. sunday.
>ilr Vas taken ili ON tl,c Woman : sI,'cial
train WHICH toured the couatry iu the
interest oi the rlrctiou "i Charl,s T. .
tiughes and Was removed Ia tllr IA ~, tai
at i.os Ansries where -ile remained until
The end
Mrs Boissevsin. oncr called the mo~;
beautiful suiirsgette IN the world. wAs
Tor several years striking tiAurr in New
York City liie. a dashing lra,irr In pub
lic work and thought, n lawyer. writ, ID
and SPEAKER oi pronounced ahlihy.
Her remarkable career serrus more lik,
a part oi an imaginative. romantic novel.
with the tall. irrepre--lbie American gIrl
A. heroine, uSn All sc,-oGnt of facts.
She csmpaigneL with Mrs Emmrlin,
rankhurst in England. Was thrown int
err strike, found hrrs-.i p.litsiy l,o~
ed out "i warning lt4y h.S-au-.. of hrr
paciiist views, became the wiie of
wealthy young DuI~h hauk.r AMI ~
CONSIDERED 1t baisr of slav.ry Yri
her friends agreed she kept hon~e vel
and wa- model wife
Mrs. BoIss. VAIN was born i'm New lor.
August Il, lSS6, the daughter oi John w
ard lean trurrey) MilhoIland. Her all
's'stry Was Irish on ilrr fathers side am.
Scotch on her mothers.
Before entering Nasssr Collsl,.. she had
mad the advantage of schooling ma tlr
United states. England aud Germany.
At college she lesI,ei into Dr~~tara.
fame. President Taylor had f,rl,hldei
under graduates to assemble either With |
ia the co.lege precincts or ln the t.wn oi |
POughkeepsIe To discuss the -uhis~t 81 |
woman suffrage. Miss Mihollsnd triunl
phel oSer the fegulxtiSns Dy gsti,-ri-t \
The woman's rights cohorts in tie local /
graveyard, where they cherre,l her virile
oratory under a clump OF gloomy ever
green's
In 1879 she va, graduated from Ns--ar
apd took mp law studie- at New Nnrk
l nIverslty. She wA- admitted tD ti., ba.
in 1912 apd later joined the Law hrm -
Osborne, Lamb y tsarvaE
She VA a har'i rfmf sy0Pr ipr WOMAN
suffrage and Socialism, and her cart-t .il
'FsTches were Joy D. hear. even thpngi
tle listener dii not agr,e with her opin
pns. A. a lawyer she always Was al.
friend of the opprr--ssl aud the down
i'Ofden. She Ven many notable eases
She took an INTENSE interest In the wrl
are OF the poorer classs-- In lar, ia,
'und herself a pri-pner in the Mcrc,.r
street Police station Tor too strenunu-
oartan-hip with glri shlrt~aist striker
The District Attorney Dismissed IA.
'harg'- against her alter she had lecn
Dsiled ont under her protests
Hon. John w. MillIoIland, the father
Mrs. BH-sevain, = one of tlre World
sreaiest champions Of equal rights for ~
i.kI1d and ha- ever f,~en a consistent
reni OF the Negro. AMI Mr. Bpi--.vaii
dlOwei ~ 'lIe iOot-tsl- Of her father
she ~s- one oi tire m,-t Artivr worker
. thu National A--ps.iAt,on for thea
vAnceInent II C,i"r,vi People. and upo,
many Occasions ii4- her voice l,.--n rai-...l
against the oppression 81 thr Nr.ry
fh"ugh only thirty years 81 sge ~ a..
inc Of her death. tii- brilliant yonnr
woman scconp urcl, l.r h,,nanit,
The \fgros-- ri Awcri~a haye LIT
rat aud trIe Trend who ~a- neitl,.f
afraid or s-iirsf.af o. chanf,ion thei,
r me ~ ahat~rer -acriiirr. aud with b..
eiAtise- the ~iioe r4re -is~l- a t-ar AZ.
n'urn- tlie esriy passing II thi- rsai /
an goosi woman "Wlio iDve,i her T. low
nan