In a speech to the delegates, the usually tactful Carrie Chapman Catt, president of N.A.W.S.A. from 1900 to 1904, declared that women demanded the vote nationwide without delay, and ” … if the Constitution stands in our way, let’s tear it up and make a new one !”
Tag: Suffrage
Today in Feminist History: Wilson Fails to Mention Woman Suffrage (December 3, 1913)
From morning until night, an active, 12-hour workday for everyone here on the fifth day of the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s 45th annual convention.
Today in Feminist History: Treatment of Women by the Criminal Justice System (December 2, 1913)
The treatment of women by the criminal justice system was denounced today by Louise DeKoven Bowen on the fourth day of the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s convention.
Today in Feminist History: Optimism at N.A.W.S.A.’s Convention (December 1, 1913)
Optimism continues to abound at the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s convention! According to Alice Paul, who heads N.A.W.S.A.’s Congressional Committee as well as her own Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, not many more of these gatherings will have to be held, because victory is rapidly approaching.
Today in Feminist History: Suffrage Will Lead to Better Working Conditions for Women (November 30, 1913)
Today’s session of the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s convention got off to a rousing start with the unfurling of a giant banner reading: “We Demand An Amendment To The United States Constitution Enfranchising Women.”
Today in Feminist History: The Entire West Coast Is Enfranchised! (November 29, 1913)
An atmosphere of optimism and great enthusiasm is greeting the delegates arriving for the 45th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Today in Feminist History: From a Night of Terror to Force-Feedings (November 28, 1917)
A second consecutive day of victory for the “Silent Sentinels” who have been picketing along the White House fence in favor of woman suffrage! The last of the imprisoned pickets had their sentences commuted today by the same judge who had originally imposed the outrageously long prison terms on them.
Today in Feminist History: Alice Paul and Other Suffragists Are Freed (November 27, 1917)
Alice Paul and all other hunger-striking suffragists have been unconditionally and unexpectedly released from D.C.’s District Jail by Police Court Judge Alexander Mullowney, the same judge who had originally sentenced them.
Today in Feminist History: Suffrage Negotiations Behind the Scenes (November 26, 1917)
Even though there were no official announcements or outward signs of activity today at Washington, D.C.’s District Jail, where the suffragist prisoners are being held, there appears to be some serious negotiating going on behind the scenes.
Today in Feminist History: Suffragists Continue to Struggle in the “District Jail” (November 25, 1917)
The struggle of the imprisoned suffragists continues today in D.C.’s Washington Asylum and Jail, which most people around here simply call the “District Jail.”