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It wasn\u2019t until 1920 that it was finally legal for women in all 50 states of the U.S. to vote. The roots of the Suffrage Movement go back to the\u00a019th century<\/a>, although it should be noted that some states did grant women the right to vote well before 1920. The road to votes for women was paved with many bumps and naysayers, including their own husbands and neighbors!<\/p>\n

Despite more peaceful protests than those of English women a few years before them (who gained the right to vote in 1918), American suffragists still suffered violence and hatred because of the cause they were championing.<\/p>\n

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\"\"There were other groups of men who were in favor of women\u2019s suffrage and publicized that fact, like the Men\u2019s League for Woman Suffrage seen here in 1913.<\/p>\n

\"\"Party of suffragists, 1914.<\/p>\n

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Washington, D.C., 1913.<\/p>\n
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Suffrage \u201cparade\u201d in 1913.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beginning in 1917, major demonstrations were held outside the White House, resulting in many arrests and quite a few hecklers in the crowd (not an uncommon sight at a women\u2019s suffrage event). Women who had been imprisoned for exercising their free speech, then had protested further by going on hunger strike, were forced fed by their jailers in what is a sad story that even more than 100 years later still turns the stomach.<\/p>\n

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Suffragettes about to be arrested outside the White House, 1917
\nSome of the most notorious cases had been sent to\u00a0Occoquan Prison<\/a>\u00a0in 1917. The Occoquan Prison was initially intended to serve as a workhouse and reformatory for minor criminals, but ended up being the center of undeserved violence against the women suffragists.<\/p>\n
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Lucy Burns was one of those imprisoned at Occoquan Prison. While there she was stripped down and chained to her cell bars overnight.
\nUnlike their English counterparts, American suffragists were linked with the Quakers and peaceful protest was the order of the day. Often called the Silent Sentinels, American suffrage marches (or pageants and parades as they were also called) tended to be comparatively quiet and peaceful.<\/p>\n
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Kate Heffelfinger after her release from Occoquan Prison, ca. 1917. Via<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The violence committed against the women in Occoquan Prison for peacefully protesting was shocking. It was so shocking in fact, that it gave the women an edge.<\/p>\n

The Prison Special tour in 1919 gave women arrested for suffrage demonstrations a chance to tell their stories to eager audiences. Women\u2019s suffrage was only a few years away, largely due to the efforts of the protestors who were treated so poorly in prison.<\/p>\n

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Lucy Branham in dress from Occoquan Prison giving a speech in 1919 for the Prison Special speaking tour. Via\/\u00a0Library of Congress<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\"\"After a fire at the National Woman\u2019s Party headquarters in 1920, women trying to move papers away from harm were \u201cordered off\u201d their female neighbor\u2019s porch as she was vehemently opposed to women\u2019s suffrage<\/p>\n

A year after President Woodrow Wilson reversed his long-standing opposition of women\u2019s suffrage, and after one more failed amendment proposal, the\u00a019th Amendment<\/a>\u00a0was finally approved by the Senate in 1919. The 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in all 50 states, was ratified in 1920.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGov. Emmett D. Boyle of Nevada signing resolution for ratification of Nineteenth Amendment to Constitution of U.S. \u2013 Mrs. Sadie D. Hurst who presented the resolution, Speaker of the Assembly D.J. Fitzgerald and group of Suffrage Women, Feb. 7, 1920, Carson City, Nevada.\u201d\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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