Hazel Hunkins of Billings: Protesting at the White House, 1917–1919

Billings native Hazel Hunkins joined the fight for women’s suffrage after she was denied the opportunity to work in a chemistry lab because of her gender. Western Heritage Center executive director Kevin Koostra tells the story of this determined woman who remained undeterred even after national resentment led to arrest and recrimination for Hunkins and her sister protestors.