Weissinger was born in 1880 inLouisville, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Colonel Harry Weissinger, a tobacco industry businessman,[2] and Isabelle "Belle" Weissinger (née Muir).[3] Her father was from an old Kentucky family. She had five siblings[4] and was presented as adebutante in 1900.[5]
Weissinger began giving speeches in support of votes for women in 1909.[4] She rose to hold leadership positions in the suffrage movement, becoming president of the Louisville Woman Suffrage Association and second vice president of theKentucky Equal Rights Association.[6][7]
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 theCourier-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.'"[5]
Weissinger became a member of Democratic Party and was elected to the Women's National Executive Committee of theDemocratic National Committee in 1920.[5] In 1921, she was a speaker at a rally for W. Overton Harris, the Democratic candidate for Mayor,[5] and an excerpt of her speech appeared in African-American newspaperThe Louisville Leader.[8]
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