Antoinette Funk

Antoinette Funk (May 30, 1873 – March 26, 1942) was a lawyer and women's rights advocate during the 20th century. She served as the executive secretary of the Congressional Committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Biography She was born on May 30, 1873, in Dwight, Illinois, as Marie Antoinette Leland to Cyrus Leland and Virginia Antoinette Bouverain Leland. In 1892, she married Charles Thurber Watrous, who died shortly after the marriage. They had one child, Anna Virginia Watrous (Huey)(1893-1973).

In 1893, she married Isaac Lincoln Funk. They had a child Rey Leland Funk. In 1898, she attended Illinois Wesleyan University Law School, where she received J.D. In 1902, she moved to Chicago, where her work for women's rights would begin. Funk particularly enjoyed speaking outdoors because it exposed passersby to her message.

In 1915, she addressed the College Equal Suffrage League of Bryn Mawr College in a speech entitled "The Best Arguments for Woman Suffrage."

During Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration, Funk served as Assistant Commissioner of the Land Office.

She retired from the NAWSA in 1939. In 1942, she died in San Diego, California.