Doris Stevens

Doris Stevens was an American suffragist, womans legal rights advocate and author. She was the first female member of the American Institute of International Law and first chairman of the InterAmerican Commission of Women.

Dora Caroline Stevens was born on October 26, 1888 in Omaha, Nebraska to Caroline D. and Henry Henderbourck Stevens. Her father was a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church for forty years and her mother was a first generation immigrant from Holland. One of four children, Stevens grew up in Omaha and graduated in 1905 from Omaha High School. She went on to further her education graduating from Oberlin College in 1911 with a degree in sociology, though she had originally pursued music. While in college, she was known for her romances and for being a spirited suffragette. Her unruly behavior and disdain for feminine propriety were cultivated during her college years. After graduation, Stevens worked as a music teacher and social worker in Ohio, Michigan. and Montana before moving to Washington, D.C., where she became a regional organizer with the National American Woman Suffrage Association .

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