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CollectionWomen of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman's Party This collection includes 448 digitized photographs selected from approximately 2,650 print photographs in the Records of the National Woman's Party, a collection of more than 438,000 items, housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The images span from 1875 to 1938 but largely were created in the years between 1913 and 1922. The images depict the tactics used by the militant...
- Date: 1913
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ArticleGallery of Suffrage Prisoners The following individuals depicted in "Women of Protest" were among the many National Woman’s Party activists who were arrested and imprisoned for their role in suffrage protests.
- Date: 1910
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ArticleHistorical Overview of the National Womans Party The origins of the National Woman's Party (NWP) date from 1912, when Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, young Americans schooled in the militant tactics of the British suffrage movement, were appointed to the National American Woman Suffrage Association's (NAWSA) Congressional Committee. They injected a renewed militancy into the American campaign and shifted attention away from state voting rights toward a federal suffrage amendment.
- Date: 1912
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PDFHistorical Overview of the National Woman's Party Historical Overview of the National Woman’s Party Origins in the NAWSA Congressional Committee The origins of the National Woman's Party (NWP) date from December 1912, when Alice Paul (1885-1977) and Lucy Burns (1879-1966) were appointed to the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s (NAWSA) languishing Congressional Committee. Paul and Burns were young, well-educated Americans who worked with Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst in the militant wing...
- Contributor: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
- Date: 1912
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ArticleSelected Leaders of the National Woman's Party Top of page Skip to main content Library of Congress Search Everything Audio Recordings Books/Printed Material Films, Videos Legislation Manuscripts/Mixed Material Maps Notated Music Newspapers Periodicals Personal Narratives Photos, Prints, Drawings Software, E-Resources Web Archives
- Date: 1912
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PDFTactics and Techniques of the National Woman's Party Suffrage Campaign TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN’S PARTY SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN Introduction Founded in 1913 as the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CU), the National Woman’s Party (NWP) was instrumental in raising public awareness of the women’s suffrage campaign. The party successfully pressured President Woodrow Wilson, members of Congress, and state legislators to support passage of a 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (known popularly...
- Contributor: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
- Date: 1912
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ArticleTactics and Techniques of the National Womans Party Suffrage Campaign Founded in 1913 as the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CU), the National Woman's Party (NWP) was instrumental in raising public awareness of the women's suffrage campaign. Using a variety of tactics, the party successfully pressured President Woodrow Wilson, members of Congress, and state legislators to support passage of a 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing women nationwide the right to vote. In...
- Date: 1912