Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920
Biography of Ina D. Coolbrith, 1841-1928
Wikipedia sketch accessible at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Coolbrith
Ina D. Coolbrith was a librarian and poet laureate of California. She was a strong supporter of woman suffrage, with references to her activism in volumes 4 and 6 of the History of Woman Suffrage. She was said to be "[a]mong the most effective speakers and writers" for woman suffrage in California in 1891 and continued to be active in the successful suffrage campaign in 1911.
See also her biographical sketch in Notable American Women.
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