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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 ...
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 ...
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: 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.
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
Turner Classic Movies, a vintage film channel, filled its schedule with films featuring explicitly anti-fascist and anti-Nazi themes one day after Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
The film derives its title from Massachusetts Representative Joseph Walsh, who in 1917 opposed the creation of a committee to deal with women's suffrage.Walsh thought the creation of a committee would be yielding to "the nagging of iron-jawed angels" and referred to the Silent Sentinels as "bewildered, deluded creatures with short skirts and short hair."
Universal Pictures. Director: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda Cast: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney Rating: PG Run time: 91 minutes Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes 56%; IMDb 6.4/10 ...