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Why Alice & Lucy threatened NAWSAAlice Paul & Lucy Burns didn’t rebel against the mainstream suffrage organization. It kicked them out. Natl Am. Woman Suffrage Assoc was an…
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…
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…
Banner DropIf 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…
Access to the White HouseThe day before suffragists started picketing the White House, they were there as invited guests. Access thread. One of the striking things about the…
Picketing the White House beginsSuffragists picketed the White House from 10 am-6pm every day but Sundays. They continued - attacked by mobs, arrested daily - for more than two…
Foreign Policy, Public EmbarrassmentThe first time the National Woman’s Party “Silent Sentinels” were arrested, they had been picketing the White House every day for six months. Why were…
"Illegal" votersWe 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…
#DCStatehoodNowHave you heard about the time Frederick Douglass, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and Belva Lockwood all occupied the Washington, D.C.…
Sara Andrews SpencerNation’s birthday party, 1876. Huge party planned. No women speaking. No women mentioned. So women stormed the stage. One of them was Sara Andrews…