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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee championed the rights of women & Chinese Americans. She led a New York City suffrage parade, wrote articles, gave speeches & became the first Chinese woman to earn a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM
Inez Milholland sacrificed her life to secure votes for women. She led the DC suffrage parade & ensured that women of color could march. In 1916, the 30 yr old collapsed during a speech & later died, becoming a martyr for the cause.@Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc
Adelina Otero-Warren spoke up for women’s rights, especially in her home state, New Mexico, where she led the National Woman's Party chapter. She distributed suffrage literature in English & Spanish to reach a broad audience. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc
Alice Paul provoked controversy about women’s suffrage, which attracted valuable attention to the cause. She led a parade in Washington, DC and organized the nation’s first ever pickets of the White House. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM
Jeannette Rankin asserted her support of women’s rights. Rankin became the first woman elected to US Congress in 1916. While in office, she advocated for the 19th Amendment’s passage. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/qk7EIOhD6e
Lucy Burns dedicated her life to women's suffrage. She helped organize the 1913 parade in DC. She picketed the White House, was arrested and sentenced to 6 months in a workhouse. She went on hunger strikes & was force fed. @Khallion #womensvote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM
Zitkala-Ša, of the Yankton Dakota Sioux, defended rights of Native people & women. She gave lectures & wrote about Native life to challenge stereotypes and founded the National Council of American Indians to fight for voting rights.@Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM
Mary Talbert challenged discrimination by advocating for better education, job opportunities, political representation and more. She also became president of the National Association of Colored Women. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM
Jane Addams led reform movements for women’s votes, peace & the support of immigrants. She founded the Hull House in Chicago in 1889, and became a leader in the National American Woman Suffrage Association & helped found the NAACP. @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc
Carrie Chapman Catt mobilized women to secure the vote. She founded the International Woman Suffrage Alliance & when president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, she established the “Winning Plan." @Khallion #WomensVote100 https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM