Rican women to boost the suffragist cause.
They succeeded in get-ting the vote for literate
women in 1929 and for all women in 1935. Resi-
dents of Puerto Rico still can’t vote for president.The 19th Amendment didn’t give women the
right to vote in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory.
Newton, a conserva-tive educator from an
influential family, joined forces with other PuertoMilagros
DE NEWBENET TON
educator and suffragistPuerto RicanLOC (SAN JUAN); BETTMANN/GETTY (SUFFRAGISTS)woman to get a Ph.D. in economics at Columbia
University, Lee wouldn’t gain the right to vote
until 1943, when Chinese immigrants
finally were allowed to become U.S. citizens.A Chinese immigrant, Lee became an advo-
cate for women’s rights at a young age, lead-
ing a 1912 New York City suffrage parade
on horseback when she was 16. The first ChineseMabel
PING-HUA LEE
Suffragist and advocate for the Chinese
immigrant community
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