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Alice Paul, the National Woman's Party and the vote: the first civil rights struggle of the 20th century

By Alice , National Woman's Party;Cahill , Bernadette;Paul

Book information

Publisher
McFarland & Co
Year
2015
ISBN
9781476619781, 9780786469796, 078646979X, 1476619786
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5172161 bytes)
Pages
(230 pages) : illustrations, photographs\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1885-1977;National Woman's Party -- History;UniAliceSuffragists;Suffragists--United States;Women's rig

Description

When women picketed the White House demanding the vote on January 10, 1917, they broke new ground in political activism. Demanding that President Wilson influence Congress, they marched in the streets in the nation's first ever coast-to-coast campaign for political rights. Women were imprisoned for peaceful protests, went on hunger strikes and were beaten and tortured by authorities. But they won the 19th Amendment, ensuring that the right to vote could not be denied because of gender. Their successful nonviolent civil rights campaign established a precedent for those that followed, giving them the tools—including the vote—needed to advance their goals. This book chronicles the work of Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party and their influence on American political activism.

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