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A genius for publicityHad the 1913 march gone flawlessly it would have been less of a success. Alice Paul immediately realized that the violent disruption and police…
Amendment Jeopardy!Two amendments were added to the Constitution in 1913. Two. While women were scraping to get a federal suffrage amendment out of committee, Congress…
Black women at the Inaugural March, part IAs 1913 began, planning was underway for a massive suffrage march and pageant to take place in Washington, DC on March 3, the day before…
Car Parade!On July 31, 1913, suffragists commandeered the Senate floor for more than two hours. It was the first time since 1887 that women’s voting rights had…
First suffragist meetings with the PresidentTwo weeks after Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, Alice Paul led a delegation to the White House for suffragists’ first-ever meeting with a US President.…
Happy birthday, Mary Ritter BeardI love this photo, though I doubt the accuracy of its caption. I love that the young African-American man (boy?) is the only one aware of being…
How to be anti-racistBlack women at the Inaugural March, part IIIIda B Wells is the hero of our story. At the 1913 suffrage march she was 50 years old, mother of 4, an…
Inauguration DayWe used to inaugurate the U.S. president in March, not January. 107 years ago today, thousands of women massed on Washington to protest the…
No Night Work for WomenFFwd to 1913: Post-Triangle Shirtwaist fire, safety laws finally pass. 1 bans women from night shifts➡️female printers, proofers @nytimes & other…
North DakotaNorth Dakota is #StateoftheWeek! I took the quiz 👇and learned that ND was the 1st to elect a woman to statewide office. 👏 Find out…