Margaret Weissinger Castleman

Margaret Weissinger Castleman (c. 1880–April 26, 1945) was an American suffragist and campaigner for the Democratic Party.

Family Weissinger was born in 1880 in Louisville, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Colonel Harry Weissinger, a tobacco industry businessman, and Isabelle "Belle" Weissinger . Her father was from an old Kentucky family. She had five siblings and was presented as a debutante in 1900.

Activism Weissinger began giving speeches in support of votes for women in 1909.

At an annual benefit event for the Louisville Business Women's Club, she attended in a dress which showed her support for the enfranchisement of women. As the Courier-Journal reported: "around the hem of her skirt were the twelve names of the Western States which have suffrage, and across the back was written, 'Votes for Women.'"

Personal life Weissinger married Samuel Torbitt Castleman in 1910. They had four children.

Death Castleman died of a heart attack in 1945 and was buried at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.