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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 ...
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 ...
Front page of the Woman's Journal and Suffrage News from March 8, 1913. Depicted are Rosalie Gardiner Jones, Inez Milholland on a white horse, floats, and an aerial view of the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913. Milholland stepped into her first suffrage parade on May 7, 1911.
From the Suffrage Parade of 1913 to January's "Women's March on Washington," here is a look back of some of the most powerful photos in history of women honoring the legacy of marching to bring ...
A mob in Washington D.C. besieged a group of 8,000 marchers organized by Alice Paul of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.The marchers, mostly women led by suffragist Inez Milholland on horseback, had paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue on the eve of the presidential inauguration in support of granting women the right to vote in the United States.
March 3 – The Woman Suffrage Procession takes place in Washington, D.C., initiated and organized by Alice Paul and led by Inez Milholland on horseback. March 4 Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as the 28th president of the United States, and Thomas R. Marshall is sworn in as the 28th vice president.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett at a 1913 suffrage parade. Elnora Monroe Babcock (1852–1934) – pioneer leader in the suffrage movement; chair of the NAWSA press department. [16] Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916) – activist, journalist and lecturer on temperance, women's suffrage, and prison reform. [17]
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.