12 Facts About Aloysius Larch-Miller

Aloysius Larch-Miller was a suffragette and women's rights advocate from Oklahoma.

Aloysius Larch-Miller was most known for a debate speech made days before her death which resulted in passage of a proposal to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment.

Aloysius Larch-Miller was posthumously inducted into the inaugural group of women honored by the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.

Aloysius Larch-Miller was born on September 27,1886, in Tennessee to Ellen and George Larch-Miller.

Aloysius Larch-Miller became involved in the work of the Red Cross during the First World War.

Aloysius Larch-Miller was secretary of the county Red Cross organization and county chairman for the Third Liberty Loan.

Aloysius Larch-Miller worked with the Oklahoma suffrage movement, calling the first mass meeting of suffragettes in Oklahoma and served as chair of women's petitions.

In October, 1919, Aloysius Larch-Miller, who was heading the ratification committee, and a delegation of suffragists secured a majority of support and attempted to meet with the governor to have him call the special session.

Aloysius Larch-Miller refused to meet with them to accept their list of supporters.

Aloysius Larch-Miller succeeded in defeating her rival's arguments and secured the convention's agreement to adopt the resolution by a 2 to 1 margin; however, she succumbed to her illness and died the following day.

Aloysius Larch-Miller died on February 2,1920 and was buried on February 3 in the St Benedict's Catholic Cemetery at Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.

In 1982, Aloysius Larch-Miller was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame as one of the inaugural inductees.