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The Woman Suffrage Procession on March 3, 1913, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington for political purposes. [citation needed] The procession was organized by the suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Planning ...
This advertisement for A Militant Suffragette (1913) shows the film's main character smashing a window (left) and being force-fed by doctors in jail (right).. Women's suffrage, the legal right of women to vote, has been depicted in film in a variety of ways since the invention of narrative film in the late nineteenth century.
English: Postcard featuring photographic image of a suffragists parade, Littlehampton, parade moving up street, three banners carried, crowds lining pavements, houses in the background, manuscript inscription front: 'Julia Strachey A chip off the old block'. Reference: TWL.2002.353
English: Official program - Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913. Cover of program for the National American Women's Suffrage Association procession, showing woman, in elaborate attire, with cape, blowing long horn, from which is draped a "votes for women" banner, on decorated horse, with U.S. Capitol in background.
Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Duplicate neg. number; neg reassigned as 3937A.
May Jane Walker Burleson - "Jennie" May Burleson (1888–1957) was a notable socialite, artist, and Texan suffragette who was the Grand Marshal of the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 in Washington, DC. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Mounted with confidence on her horse, she led a parade of 5,000 people up Pennsylvania Avenue , Washington, DC and "into a melee that ...
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