Doris C. Stevens

(1888-1963) born in Omaha. Feminist activist, called herself the "youngest international feminist", lobbied for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1920, chaired the Inter-American Commission of Women, her desire to include the study of feminism in academia was recognized in 1986 when her estate endowed a chair in women's studies at Princeton University. Consult American National Biography, Vol 20 (1999) 695-696.

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