The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-27
NOTED SUFFRAG|ST LOSES HER FIGHT
 WITH GRIM REAPER
Mrs. Inez M. Boissevain Dies in CaIifornia-Was Leader in Cause of
 Woman's Rights

Los Angeles November 26.--Mrs. Inez Millholland Boissevain, widely known suffragist and welfare worker, died in a hospital here shortly after midnight last night after an illness of 10 weeks She was 30 years old.
 Mrs Boissevain was stricken suddenly while addressing an audience in this city during the recent political campaign and tainted on the platform. She was re- moved to hospital and her husband and parellts rushed frofA New Yosi5 e join her here. Miss Vida MillhoIland, her sister, was with her when she was stricken and has been in constant at- tendance since that time
 Mrs. Boissevains illness was diagnosed as aplastic anemia and blood transfusion was resorted to in attempts to imprpve her condition Miss Vida MiIlholland twice gave blood for this purpose and on four other occasions friends sub mitted to the ordeal in hope that bene- fit would result After each transfuson temporary improvement was followed by relapse. A few days ago persons stated that there was practically no hope for Mrs. Bossevain, but thereafter she ral- lied and it was thought that she might recover. Late yesterday she began to sink. Her hunsband, Eugene Boissevain; her parents, MT. and Mrs. John F. Mill holland of New York and her sister, Miss Vida. were present when she died.
 It was stated that Mrs. Boissevain's trouble originated in her tonsils, which became inflamed as the result of too con- stant speaking during the campaign. She had been weakened by over-exertion and when she became i'll her system failed to resist the advance of the disease
 WAS ACTIVE SUFFRAGIST
 Inez Milholland Boissevain has beer for many years widely known for her activity as a woman suffragist, a so- cial welfare worker, an advocate of so- cialism and as a practicing lawyer
 As a student of Vassar college. 19O5- 1909, although known as the college beauty, and possessed of wealth and position she summed society as such and shocked the more conservative college opinion by her radical social views. One of her acts during this period was to hold a suffrage meet ing in a graveyard at night when per mission to hold the meeting in the col lege chapel had been refused. She made a name for herself as an athelete being captain of her class hockey team which won the college championship, and member of the 1909 track team, at which time she established new record for the college in the eight pound shot put at Sl feet, SIS inches.
 Aside from her college activities she worked among the poor children in the city of Poughkeepsie and had herself appointed court probation off cer. During her first college vaca- tion she visited London and there joined the Plank hurst suffragettes making several speeches and being once ar rested.
 During the 1908 presidential cam paign. 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 a window and shouted:s Votes for Women!" through megaphone. Some of the marchers fell out of the parade ard gathered around her to hear her make a speech for the suffrage cause.
 Following her graduation from Vas ssr college. she attempted to enter Harvard law school. but this permis- sion was denied her on the ground that it was not co-educational insti tutlon. The lncfdent gave rise to heated newspaper controversy in which Inez Milholland and other prom
 nent feminists took part She also became active about this time in the working girls cause, taking part in the shirt waist makers strike In a clash of the strikers with the police sbc was arrested and locked mp, but. after q controversy of several weeks the charge against her of leadins an unlawful assembly, was finally dropped