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106 Years Ago Today: Woman suffrage parade of 1913
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_suffrage_parade_of_1913
The woman suffrage parade of 1913, officially the Woman Suffrage Procession, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. Organized by the suffragist Alice Paul for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Thousands of suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 3, 1913. The event was scheduled on the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration to "march in a spirit of protest against the present political organization of society, from which women are excluded," as the official program stated. The march and the attention that it attracted were monumental in advancing women's suffrage in the United States.
In 2016, Secretary Lew announced plans for the new $10 to feature an image of the historic march for suffrage that ended on the steps of the Treasury Department and honor many of the leaders of the suffrage movement including Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul. The front of the new $10 note will maintain the portrait of Alexander Hamilton. The parade is scheduled to be depicted and honored on the redesign of the United States ten-dollar bill in 2020. No further action has yet been taken toward the adoption of the new design.
A horse-drawn parade entry, from the side
The same entry from the rear
The Women Band
Aftermath
The mistreatment of the marchers by the crowd and the police caused a great uproar. Alice Paul shaped the public response after the parade, portraying the incident as symbolic of systemic government mistreatment of women, stemming from their lack of a voice and political influence through the vote. She claimed the incident showed that the government's role in women's lives had broken down, and that it was incapable of even providing women with physical safety.
Journalist Nellie Bly, who had participated in the march, headlined her article "Suffragists are Men's Superiors". Senate hearings, held by a subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia, started on March 6, only three days after the march, and lasted until March 17, with the result that the District's superintendent of police was replaced. NAWSA praised the parade and Paul's work on it, saying "the whole movement in the country has been wonderfully furthered by the series of important events which have taken place in Washington, beginning with the great parade the day before the inauguration of the president".
The woman suffrage parade of 1913, officially the Woman Suffrage Procession, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. Organized by the suffragist Alice Paul for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Thousands of suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 3, 1913. The event was scheduled on the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration to "march in a spirit of protest against the present political organization of society, from which women are excluded," as the official program stated. The march and the attention that it attracted were monumental in advancing women's suffrage in the United States.
In 2016, Secretary Lew announced plans for the new $10 to feature an image of the historic march for suffrage that ended on the steps of the Treasury Department and honor many of the leaders of the suffrage movement including Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Alice Paul. The front of the new $10 note will maintain the portrait of Alexander Hamilton. The parade is scheduled to be depicted and honored on the redesign of the United States ten-dollar bill in 2020. No further action has yet been taken toward the adoption of the new design.
A horse-drawn parade entry, from the side
The same entry from the rear
The Women Band
Aftermath
The mistreatment of the marchers by the crowd and the police caused a great uproar. Alice Paul shaped the public response after the parade, portraying the incident as symbolic of systemic government mistreatment of women, stemming from their lack of a voice and political influence through the vote. She claimed the incident showed that the government's role in women's lives had broken down, and that it was incapable of even providing women with physical safety.
Journalist Nellie Bly, who had participated in the march, headlined her article "Suffragists are Men's Superiors". Senate hearings, held by a subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia, started on March 6, only three days after the march, and lasted until March 17, with the result that the District's superintendent of police was replaced. NAWSA praised the parade and Paul's work on it, saying "the whole movement in the country has been wonderfully furthered by the series of important events which have taken place in Washington, beginning with the great parade the day before the inauguration of the president".
The scene as portrayed in "Iron Jawed Angels"
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Great old photos! 
It was really tough to sit through, but I knew I had to. Until I watched that, I had no idea of the brutality that these women suffered. 
I was stunned and all the more angry with anyone who dares criticize the women's movement.
And I really regretted that I hadn't asked my grandmother more about it. She was born in 1900... 