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His son Eugen Jan Boissevain (1880–1949), an importer of coffee from Java, married two notable 20th-century American women: suffragist Inez Milholland (1886–1916), for whom he emigrated to New York, and Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950). His son Robert Walrave Boissevain (1872-1938) emigrated to upstate New ...
Inez Milholland Boissevain (August 6, 1886 – November 25, 1916) was a leading American suffragist, lawyer, and peace activist. From her college days at Vassar College , she campaigned aggressively for women’s rights as the principal issue of a wide-ranging socialist agenda.
Charles Hercules Boissevain was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Oct. 18, 1893, to Maria Barbera Pijnappel and Charles Ernest Henri Boissevain.His father was a businessman and politician who sat on the Amsterdam city council and was a member of parliament in the province of North Holland before and during World War I. [1] His grandfather was Charles Boissevain, who had been the editor ...
Funeral services for Carter, who died Dec. 29, essentially started Saturday at his home in Plains, Georgia. A procession to Atlanta followed for a moment of silence at the state Capitol Building ...
Boissevain was the widower of labor lawyer and war correspondent Inez Milholland, a political icon Millay had met during her time at Vassar. [35] A self-proclaimed feminist, Boissevain supported Millay's career and took primary care of domestic responsibilities. Both Millay and Boissevain had other lovers throughout their 26-year marriage.
Tennyson performing with Jan Peerce (left) and Robert Weede (right) on the CBS Radio program Great Moments in Music on October 13, 1942. Jean Tennyson (15 September 1898 [n 1] – 16 March 1991), also known by her married names Jean Tennyson Dreyfus and Jean Tennyson Boissevain, was an American soprano, musical theatre actress, philanthropist, and radio personality.
Per the GoFundMe page, the victim's funeral will be held in Florida and she'll be buried at her home in Puerto Rico. Related: 2 Women Found Stabbed to Death in Apartment on Christmas Day in Attack ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named his social media platform CEO Devin Nunes to lead an intelligence advisory panel and said his former intelligence chief ...