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Lafayette, we are here!

No one symbolizes Franco-American friendship and loyalty like the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the Revolutionary War. During WWI, soldiers and…

Foreign Policy, Public Embarrassment

The 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…

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…

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…

Suffrage martyr

President Wilson surely thought the National Woman’s Party women were nasty. They campaigned ferociously against his reelection in western states in…

Getting the President's Attention

Direct action strategies almost always start with a modest gesture, which is pilloried as inappropriate and impolite. Once activists escalate to more…

First suffragist meetings with the President

Two weeks after Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, Alice Paul led a delegation to the White House for suffragists’ first-ever meeting with a US President.…

A genius for publicity

Had the 1913 march gone flawlessly it would have been less of a success. Alice Paul immediately realized that the violent disruption and police…

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Glad @Princeton changed its mind about honoring #WoodrowWilson. After student protest in 2015, the school considered removing his name and didn't.…

6.6% of the nation

This is not a thread about the pros and cons of 3rd-party candidates. This is just to say that Woodrow Wilson became President of the United States…