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Myra Virginia Simmons

1880–1965

United States

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Myra Virginia Simmons (June 8, 1880 – March 16, 1965) was a California suffragist and leader of the Colored American Equal Suffrage League (CAESL). She was a prominent Bay Area community organizer who served as Chair of the Women's Civic and Progressive League in Oakland.

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