In 1911 , the Kent family moved to Washington D.C. after Mr. Kent was elected to serve his first term in Congress . Elizabeth was an active advocate of women ’s rights , and was instrumental in helping women ’s right to vote . She was a featured speaker at the 1913 and 1914 conventions of the National American Women ’s Suffrage Association ( NAWSA ) , and then became the leader of their Congressional Committee . She helped form the Congressional Union ( later renamed the Women ’s Party ) , which picketed the White House in support of suffrage . In the 1930s she became involved with the Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom , and in 1937 became president of the Marin County chapter . In DC , she lobbied members of Congress and testified before congressional committees twice . She is one of the few Marin County women to be elected posthumously to the Marin Women ’s Hall of Fame . She participated in the meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945
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Elizabeth Thacher Kent