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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 ...
Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Duplicate neg. number; neg reassigned as 3937A.
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 ...
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.
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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.
While Black, Indigenous, and immigrant women also fought for women's suffrage, their faces are rarely seen in historical imagery celebrating the 19th amendment. Photos give glimpses into the long ...