Anita Pollitzer
Anita Pollitzer · Civil Rights & Human Rights
National Woman's Party organizer and Silent Sentinel who lobbied to secure Tennessee's decisive ratification of the 19th Amendment; later NWP national chair.
1894, Charleston, South Carolina, USA — 1975, Queens, New York, USA
Charleston, South Carolina; New York City
Anita Pollitzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — National Woman's Party organizer and Silent Sentinel who lobbied to secure Tennessee's decisive ratification of the 19th Amendment; later NWP national chair.
Anita Pollitzer, born to a Jewish family in Charleston, was a National Woman's Party organizer and 'Silent Sentinel' who lobbied Tennessee legislators to secure the decisive 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment. She later served as national chair of the National Woman's Party and campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment. She is also remembered for introducing Georgia O'Keeffe's art to Alfred Stieglitz.
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Source: Jewish Journal; Wikipedia
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National Woman's Party organizer and Silent Sentinel who lobbied to secure Tennessee's decisive ratification of the 19th Amendment; later NWP national chair.
Source: Jewish Journal; Wikipedia
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