Margaret Hinchey Explained

Margaret Hinchey
Birth Date:	19 October 1873
Birth Place:	Clare, Ireland
Death Place:	Manhattan, New York City

Margaret Hinchey (19 October 1873 – 29 February 1944) was an American suffragist, labor organizer, and leader.^[1] She was publicly active in these causes between 1912 and 1917.^[2]

Biography

She was born on the 19 October 1873 at Coolready, Bodyke parish, county Clare, to Thomas Hinchy and Mary Moloney as the eldest daughter of eight children.^[3] She emigrated to New York City in 1892 and worked in a laundry.^[2]

In February 1914, Hinchey spoke at the White House^[4] in Washington D.C. for a meeting of the Equal Suffrage League, recounting her meeting (along with 35 other women suffragists) with President Woodrow Wilson to push for women's suffrage.^[5] By 1920 she was working as a domestic servant.

Due to her actions in activism, in May of 1940, Hinchey was not allowed to participate at her local church due to the fact that they didn't like her voicing out on women's suffrage and why they deserve more rights.^[6]

She died in Manhattan, New York City on 29 February 1944.

Strikes/Marches/Movement

In 1909-1919 Hinchey was a part of the "Women's Suffrage Party" in the State of New York.^[7]

In 1914 Hinchey was a part of the "Women's Suffrage Movement" in the state of Montana.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margaret Hinchey (U.S. National Park Service) . 2023-12-24 . www.nps.gov . en.
2. Web site: American National Biography Online, Margaret Hinchey. February 2000. Vapnek, Lara. 12 September 2014.
3. Crowe . Catriona . The Irish Origins of Maggie Hinchey 'The Thrush of Suffrage' . February 2024 . Irish Genelogy Matters . 7 . 2 . Irish Family History Foundation . June 17, 2024.
4. http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/03%20olj%2053%20isnt%20your%20sister.pdf
5. News: Margaret Hinchey Tells of Wilson . Margaret Hinchey, the laundry worker who was one of the speakers in the delegation of women that went to Washington and interviewed President Wilson last Monday, talked before the Equal Suffrage League at the Hotel Astor yesterday afternoon. She told something of "Why the Laundry Workers Need the Ballot," and more about the visit to the President. . . 5 February 1914 . 2015-01-15 .
6. Kenneally . James J. . Women Divided: The Catholic Struggle for an Equal Rights Amendment, 1923-1945 . The Catholic Historical Review . 1989 . 75 . 2 . 249–263 . 25023034 .
7. Schaffer . Ronald . The New York City Woman Suffrage Party, 1909-1919 . New York History . 1962 . 43 . 3 . 269–287 . 23153512 .
8. . Kohl . Martha . Women's Suffrage in Montana . Montana . 64 . 2 . Summer 2014 . 4–6 .