 | The New York Times, December 26, 1916 – A thousand people, including senators and congressmen, attend a memorial service in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol for Inez Milholland Boissevain, the young suffragist from the Woman's Party who died in November while campaigning for suffrage. Statuary Hall had been used for the memorial services of Abraham Lincoln and other national figures. She is eulogized for giving her life for suffrage. read clipping The New York Times, December 31, 1916 – The Times' report of the major events in 1916 shows little progress for suffrage. read clipping |  |
