Anne Henrietta Martin

Overview

Anne Henrietta Martin born Empire City, NV September 30, 1875 (d. 1951). Suffragist historian; author and journalist under the pseudonym Anne O'Hara. Jailed for suffrage protests London 1910, White House 1917; sentenced to Occoquan Prison; opposed both World Wars; Women's Peace Party 1915; first chair of National Woman's Party 1917; leader of WILPF Peoples Mandate against War; first woman to run for US Senate 1918.

Quotations

"Equality for women is a passion with me." (Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green eds., Notable American Women: The Modern Period, p. 460, 1980; photo U. Nevada)