Margaret Hinchey (19 October 1873 – 29 February 1944) was an American suffragist, labor organizer, and leader.[1] She was publicly active in these causes between 1912 and 1917.[2]
Margaret Hinchey | |
|---|---|
 Margaret Hinchey in 1916 | |
| Born | 19 October 1873 |
| Died | 29 February 1944 (aged 70) |
Biography
editShe was born on the 19 October 1873 at Coolready, Bodyke parish, county Clare, to Thomas Hinchy and Mary Moloney as the eldest daughter of eight children.[3] She emigrated to New York City in 1892 and worked in a laundry.[2]
In February 1914, Hinchey spoke at the White House[4] in Washington D.C. for a meeting of the Equal Suffrage League, recounting her meeting (along with 35 other women suffragists) with President Woodrow Wilson to push for women's suffrage.[5] By 1920 she was working as a domestic servant.[2]
Due to her actions in activism, in May of 1940, Hinchey was not allowed to participate at her local church due to the fact that they didn't like her voicing out on women's suffrage and why they deserve more rights.[6]
She died in Manhattan, New York City on 29 February 1944.[2]
Strikes/Marches/Movement
editIn 1909-1919 Hinchey was a part of the "Women's Suffrage Party" in the State of New York.[7]
In 1914 Hinchey was a part of the "Women's Suffrage Movement" in the state of Montana.[8]
References
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- ^ "Margaret Hinchey (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d Vapnek, Lara (February 2000). "American National Biography Online, Margaret Hinchey". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ Crowe, Catriona (February 2024). "The Irish Origins of Maggie Hinchey 'The Thrush of Suffrage'" (PDF). Irish Genelogy Matters. Vol. 7, no. 2. Irish Family History Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/03%20olj%2053%20isnt%20your%20sister.pdf
- ^ "Margaret Hinchey Tells of Wilson". The New York Times. 5 February 1914. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
Margaret Hinchey, the laundry worker who was one of the speakers in the delegation of women that went to Washington and interviewed President Wilson last Monday, talked before the Equal Suffrage League at the Hotel Astor yesterday afternoon. She told something of "Why the Laundry Workers Need the Ballot," and more about the visit to the President.
- ^ Kenneally, James J. (1989). "Women Divided: The Catholic Struggle for an Equal Rights Amendment, 1923-1945". The Catholic Historical Review. 75 (2): 249–263. JSTOR 25023034.
- ^ Schaffer, Ronald (1962). "The New York City Woman Suffrage Party, 1909-1919". New York History. 43 (3): 269–287. JSTOR 23153512.
- ^ Kohl, Martha (Summer 2014). "Women's Suffrage in Montana". Montana. 64 (2): 4–6. ProQuest 1551191162.
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