Mabel Vernon
American suffragist (1883–1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mabel Vernon (September 19, 1883 – September 2, 1975) was an American suffragist, pacifist, and a national leader in the United States suffrage movement. She was a Quaker and a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Vernon was inspired by the methods used by the Women's Social and Political Union in Britain. Vernon was one of the principal members of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage (CUWS) alongside Olympia Brown, Inez Milholland, Crystal Eastman, Lucy Burns, and Alice Paul, and helped to organize the Silent Sentinels protests that involved daily picketing of Woodrow Wilson's White House.
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Mabel Vernon | |
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Born | (1883-09-19)September 19, 1883 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
Died | September 2, 1975(1975-09-02) (aged 91) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Occupation(s) | Suffragist and pacifist |
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