Virginia Minor
Virginia Minor | |
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| Born | March 27, 1824 |
| Died | August 14, 1894 (aged 70) |
| Burial place | Bellefontaine Cemetery |
| Known for | First president of the Woman's Suffrage Association of Missouri 1867 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Virginia Louisa Minor (March 27, 1824 – August 14, 1894) was an American women's suffrage activist in Missouri. She is best remembered as the plaintiff in Minor v. Happersett, an 1875 United States Supreme Court case in which Minor unsuccessfully argued that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote. And the first president of the Women's suffrage Association in Missouri.