Almira Hollander Pitman

Almira Hollander Pitman (1854 – December 17, 1939) was an American suffragist and women's rights activist. Pitman was largely active in New England and Massachusetts suffrage organizations. She was also instrumental in working for women's suffrage in Hawaii. Pitman was also known for her writing.

Biography Almira "Mira" Hollander was born in Massachusetts in 1854 and grew up in Brookline. She married Benjamin Franklin Keolaokalani Pitman, who was the son of Benjamin Pitman, in 1875. Pitman, who was already known to suffragists in Hawaii as an activist, was invited to speak around the islands.

After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, Pitman remained an activist for women's rights. and their younger son Theodore Pitman became a sculptor, dedicating a monument to his ancestors in 1928. Another Theodore, their great-grandson, donated a manuscript of notes from 1836 to 1861 to the Bishop Museum in 2007.

Pitman died on December 17, 1939, in Brookline.

Writing