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"Illegal" voters
We don’t have an affirmative right to vote under the Constitution. There is no explicit promise that citizen = voter. But from 1868-1872, after the ratification of the 14th Amendment, hundreds of white and Black women personally attempted to…
Tags: 14th Amendment, Direct Action, New Departure
#CriptheVote
At suffrage demonstrations in London, Rosa May Billinghurst responded to over-policing by ramming London bobbies with her wheelchair. May, as she was known, joined radical suffragist Women’s Social & Political Union in 1907. She founded the…
Tags: 1912, Direct Action, UK
#DCStatehoodNow
Have you heard about the time Frederick Douglass, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and Belva Lockwood all occupied the Washington, D.C. Board of Elections?
#DCStatehood Thread
It’s April 14, 1871. DC’s first city-wide election was less…
Access to the White House
The day before suffragists started picketing the White House, they were there as invited guests. Access thread.
One of the striking things about the decade before ratification is how much access suffragists had to Pres. Wilson - not only the mannerly…
Alice Paul's first arrest
Alice Paul was first arrested in London. On June 29, 1907 she joined the Pankhursts storming the House of Commons, frustrated the Prime Minister ignored their demand for action. In the slammer she met Lucy Burns, whose red hair and American flag pin…
Tags: 1907, Alice Paul, Direct Action, Lucy Burns, UK
American Joshua
My adult interest in the suffrage movement began with Alice Paul. If Stanton & Anthony - and other women whose names I didn’t yet know - were Moses, then Alice Paul was Joshua, leading us into the Promised Land. Without her the struggle could…
Tags: Alice Paul, Direct Action, ERA
Banner Drop
If you’ve ever snuck in somewhere to conduct a secret mission, you know how hard Mabel Vernon’s heart was pounding on December 5, 1916. She was wearing a long cape. It was cold out, so being bundled up wouldn’t arouse suspicion of the U.S.…
Tags: 1916, Direct Action, Woodrow Wilson
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 been discussed there. How’d they get there? They drove! 🧵 Rosalie Jones’ pilgrimage to…
Tags: 1913, automobiles, Direct Action, Senate
Crip Camp
Today's post is a valentine to the best movie I've seen all year.💜💜💜 Every suffrage buff, every activist, every person who is or may become disabled (that's all of us!) should see @CripCampFilm. Power concedes nothing without a demand.
Tags: Direct Action, film
Declaration of Rights & Articles of Impeachment
The 1876 Declaration of Rights drafted by Matilda Joslyn Gage for the Centennial direct action (see yesterday) included nine articles of impeachment. They are still arresting today; I’ll summarize some and quote directly from others. 👉 BILLS OF…
Tags: 1876, Direct Action