october march american woman legal rights advocate author female member chairman born nebraska stevens involved fight suffrage college student graduating degree taught briefly paid regional organizer broke parent organization stevens national charge coordinating women congress held panama pacific exposition stevens organized party delegates effort attain national women defeat candidates opposed women rights stevens prominent participant silent white_house urge passage constitutional amendment women voting rights arrested times involvement 19th amendment secured women right vote wrote book titled jailed freedom recounted sentinel right vote secured stevens turned attention women legal status supported passage worked volume work comparing varying impact law women men goal compiling data obtain international law protecting women right citizenship research completed help countries evaluated laws controlling women country gaining approval work stevens presented proposal convincing governing body create joined female member work resulted treaty secure international rights women convention women established women retained citizenship marriage convention provided marriage divorce affect members family extending citizenship protection children ousted policy disputes stevens vice president member 1920s fought roll policies removing gains women enter work force world war worked establish feminism academic field study continued fighting feminist causes death early life born october nebraska née father pastor years mother generation immigrant holland children stevens grew graduated went education graduating degree originally pursued music college known spirited behavior disdain feminine cultivated college years graduation stevens worked music teacher social worker ohio michigan montana moving washington regional organizer suffrage stevens arrived washington june senate plan stay convinced hired assigned newly formed created time subdivision operated independently stevens hired serve executive secretary washington serve regional organizer assigned eastern district paul divided nation states assigned stevens eastern area middle west far west south regional organizers tasked groups suffrage bills congress garnering support state national suffrage follow previous strategy achieving state state basis federal approval issue caused rift suffrage movement convention causing paul supporters break ties independent organization began reorganization push campaigns democratic candidates supported suffrage control legislature paul established woman advisory council suffrage workers prominent women included case latin professor lend credibility new organization stevens national organizer charged organizing women states able vote use ballots oppose candidate favor women places stevens traveled colorado successful attaining commitment congressman support women cause returning success january went new_york newport rhode_island campaign heading west campaigned kansas hoping secure delegates convention planned san_francisco september arriving california june stevens accompanied group women led meet members meeting palace hotel san_francisco women assured able present issues chair representative new_york refused allow whitney stevens continued planning efforts san_francisco san_francisco headquarters stevens discussed strategy employing million vote smile smiling useful tool fight win men support smile men vote look severe won stated arrived weeks event canceled choral events parade mass meeting planned stevens involved supervising events local women planned orchestrated paul ball held california building exposition september congress stevens planned remain san_francisco run exposition booth forced return washington eastern delegate left marriage stevens immediately began planning convention held washington december beginning stevens announced policy organized states planned recruiting delegates delegates required form committees press congressional members favor suffrage aware constituents favor women attaining vote strategy stevens began implementing early required members states women allowed vote establish residence register vote way vote state national elections hope filling legislature legislators favored suffrage stevens registered vote kansas year june having single platform acquire constitutional amendment national women suffrage attending convention chicago june stevens headed convention colorado october stevens organizing managing election campaign california arrest entry world war stopped activism seen stevens instead insisted arrogant wilson fight democracy abroad women included democracy home january delegation members disappointing meeting president decided protest white house day standing wilson recognized importance cause women maintained post year weather conditions threat arrest performed organizational tasks organizing north_carolina branch march stevens participated sentinel women arrested white house day july charged served days day sentence receiving pardon president wilson women placed prison population given surprised required share water rest prisoners stevens met husband represented protest white_house serving assistant secretary state wilson cabinet converted cause resigned post appeared stevens fundraising events helped raise thousands dollars cause gaining momentum president wilson finally endorsed stevens continued alternating speaking engagements arrested demonstration new_york march september fight won secretary state proclaimed necessary states ratified 19th amendment tennessee ratification stevens published insider account imprisonment activists jailed freedom years stevens held important leadership positions including legislative chairman membership executive committee elected president stevens served personal assistant writing autobiography relationship contentious younger stevens accepted years control personal actions traveling europe work insisted join removed france stevens december new_york stevens secretly married hardware store owner justice peace immediately sailed month honeymoon paris stevens announced remain middle 1920s stevens lived primarily hudson new_york friends leading members radical scene including max crystal stevens divorced string sides failed attempts reconciliation equality activism focus shifted equality law including equal employment opportunities jury service married women provision legally prohibited women having legal equality equal rights amendment introduced women pushed passage lobbying support political parties stevens served vice chairman new_york branch women congress campaign unable run having established legal residence france stevens worked goal securing election women congress states female candidates contenders office campaign results women shifted equality measures beginning proposals stevens focused years marriage contract campaigning vigorously adoption proposal called flexible contract split marital assets treating married couples single entity called women paid wage domestic services raising children protection children continuous support end war growing belief women organizations notion women faced similar problems subordinates men combining interests lead gains conference held washington sentiment expressed welcoming women creed party section class belong stevens undertook massive study laws affected women studying example lost marrying stevens met europe held public meetings gather data including havana oslo france romania officers paul reviewed laws country compiled monumental report laws controlling women country native language translated law accompanying page tables provided easy comparison synopsis laws given report initially prepared meeting place discuss international laws stevens felt women included discussion spearheaded research believing feminism equal rights women women considered foremost human beings september attended preliminary meeting geneva obtained unanimous support proposal continued meeting women gathering data january attended havana stevens convinced governing body create spanish april initial seven women delegates charged report review civil political equality women stevens served chair creation august stevens paris working report french president attempt world peace delegates support equal rights treaty described journalist cover event militant paris paper called protest amusing incident arrested released providing proof identities stevens returned united_states began study law taking classes international law foreign policy returned havana february meeting women included brazil chile costa_rica cuba dominican republic guatemala mexico nicaragua panama peru cuba went world conference international law held march presenting data accomplished americas stevens asked international community enact laws protect women citizenship returned united_states studies didn graduate woman member year paul attended meeting september present findings seventh stevens active working seventh held women presented analysis legal status women member countries report study detail civil political rights women prepared solely women proposed treaty equality rights women rejected conference signed cuba ecuador states granted suffrage women ratified treaty conference women presented international resolution recommend suffrage women stevens presented materials showed rights men women example countries americas women vote countries vote restrictions countries equal american countries women equal custody children including seven states countries allowed joint authority women children latin american countries allowed women serve states prohibited women participating divorce grounds countries states disparate men women woman administer separate property countries states reviewing data conference approved international agreement adopted women rights convention women clear woman marry man different citizenship retained text stated shall distinction based sex regards conference passed convention established marriage divorce affect members family extending citizenship protection children roosevelt administration hoping rid stevens argued women task completed abandoned wanting bow pressure conference vote continue instead voted unit exception argentina block proposal later career years help replace stevens making argument stevens appointed conference delegate agreed permanent status state allowed appoint delegates securing approval immediately replaced stevens stevens quietly clash continued backing backing stevens eleanor objection stevens multi faced think protect women personal level believed stevens behaved manner stevens elected serve following year returned year trip switzerland establish difficulties arose paul experienced challenges direction taking personality conflicts members including stevens died promised stevens years personal service instead directed stevens sued estate eventually receiving believed paul relationship paul resignation stevens support paul hand selected replacement led unsuccessful attempt challenge leadership seen paul internal dispute arose emphasis international rights domestic organizing tensions faction members tried party headquarters elect slate officers claim leadership supported ruling federal district judge stevens parted ways turned instead activity women rights organization based retention maiden marriage world war ended organization revived rights women seen surge war pre war state stevens stevens long proponent woman retaining husband marriages remarried august portland maine mitchell reporter roosevelt years later anti communist took mccarthy hearings stevens marriage moved politically right previously socialist stevens served vice president struggled maintaining stevens anti male pro female follow belief women succeed men omitted believed collaboration men essential years stevens supported establishment feminist studies legitimate field academic inquiry american universities tried establish feminism stevens died march new_york_city weeks having stroke princeton_university endowed chair women studies created legacy princeton_university established endowed chair women studies hbo film early days suffrage movement portrayed selected works stevens militant campaign washington stevens jailed freedom new_york new_york stevens des pour les par convention session non publication french washington stevens tribute late president washington stevens history equal rights treaty signed vii international conference american states ecuador cuba washington stevens comparison political civil rights men women united_states statement interpreting laws united_states presented action 7th international conference american states washington stevens prison pour comment vote des french paris france stevens drawings new_york privately printed
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