Margaret Hinchey
Margaret Hinchey in 1916
Born(1870-12-10)10 December 1870
Limerick, Ireland
Died29 February 1944(1944-02-29) (aged 73)
Manhattan, New York City

Margaret Hinchey (10 December 1870 – 29 February 1944) was an American suffragist, labor organizer, and leader.[1] She was publicly active in these causes between 1912 and 1917.[2]

Biography

She was born on 10 December 1870 in Limerick, Ireland, to Thomas Hinchey and Mary Maloney. She migrated to New York City in 1897 and worked in a laundry.[2]

In February, 1914, Hinchey spoke at the White House[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

She died in Manhattan, New York City on 29 February 1944.[2]

Strikes/Marches/Movement

In 1909-1919 Hinchey was apart of the "Women's Suffrage Party" in the State of New York.[6]

In 1914 Hinchey was apart of the "Women's Suffrage Movement" in the state of Montana.[7]

References

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  1. ↑ "Margaret Hinchey (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vapnek, Lara (February 2000). "American National Biography Online, Margaret Hinchey". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/03%20olj%2053%20isnt%20your%20sister.pdf
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Schaffer, Ronald (1962). "The New York City Woman Suffrage Party, 1909-1919". New York History. 43 (3): 269–287. JSTOR 23153512.
  7. ↑ Kohl, Martha (Summer 2014). "Women's Suffrage in Montana". Montana. 64 (2): 4–6. ProQuest 1551191162.


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