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Aloysius Larch-Miller (1886-1920 also known as Aloysius Larchmiller) was a suffragette and women's rights advocate from Oklahoma. She was most known for a debate speech made days before her death which resulted in passage of a proposal to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. She was posthumously inducted into the inaugural group of women honored by the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame. ==Biography== Aloysius Larch-Miller was born on September 27, 1886 in Tennessee to Ellen (née Burke) and George Larch-Miller. The family moved to Oklahoma Territory after the 1900 census,〔 but prior to Larch-Miller's sister, Genevieve's marriage in 1905, taking up residence in Shawnee, Pottawatomie County.〔 Larch-Miller became involved in the work of the Red Cross〔 〕 during the first World War.〔 〕 She was secretary of the county Red Cross organization and county chairman for the Third Liberty Loan. Larch-Miller worked with the Oklahoma suffrage movement, calling the first mass meeting of suffragettes in Oklahoma and served as chair of women’s petitions.〔 〕 In 1919, she was authorized by the State Board of Education to supervise the addition of nursing training to the state normal schools.〔 〕 Oklahoma voters passed a suffrage bill in November 1918, prior to the vote on the federal amendment,〔 〕 but a provision of the state law prohibited women from holding state office. When the US congress passed the voting amendment, Governor Robertson agreed to hold a special session to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, if the women could get the attendants to come to the session at their own expense. In October, 1919, Larch-Miller, who was heading the ratification committee, and a delegation of suffragists secured a majority of support and attempted to meet with the governor to have him call the special session. He refused to meet with them to accept their list of supporters.〔 〕 In February, 1920, Larch-Miller, though sick with influenza attended a county convention debate over ratification. She succeeded in defeating her rival's arguments and secured the convention's agreement to adopt the resolution by 2 to 1 margin; however, she succumbed to her illness and died the following day.〔 〕 She died on February 2, 1920〔 and was buried on February 3 in the St. Benedict’s Catholic Cemetery〔 〕 (now Calvary Cemetery) at Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.〔 Posthumously, Oklahoma ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on February 27, 1920. In 1982, Larch-Miller was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame as one of the inaugural inductees.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aloysius Larch-Miller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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