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Alice Paul on force-feeding in England
Alice Paul engaged in hunger strikes when imprisoned for agitating for Women's suffrage in England. This article describes the process and her reaction. "When the forcible feeding was ordered, I was taken from my bed, carried to another room and…
Penn[sylvania] on the picket line
Fourteen Suffragists stand on the picket line outside the Wilson White House. The sign reads, "Mr. President How Long Must Women Wait For Liberty." Wilson would lead the United States to war by calling it a democratic crusade. American women used…
Two Americans in Guildhall Exploit
The Guildhall Exploit was an assault on the refined world of the English government. Long accustomed to relying on a stubborn style of compromise the British government was slow to recognize the seriousness of the suffragist movement. Smashing…
WOMAN ARRESTS SUFFRAGE PICKETS:White House Banner Bearers Protest, but Offer No Resistance. WILL HAVE HEARING Ex-Official of Czar's Government Writes Letter Which Bakmetleff Mission Repudiates. RESENT PICKETS' 'DISLOYALTY' Suffragists Here Continue to Condemn Woman's Party Tactics
This article describes the arrest of two picketers, one of whom is Lucy Burns, outside the White House. The article relate that Burns was called on by a female officer to go peacefully and relinquish the banner she was carrying with her associate. …
WILSON EXHORTS THE FOREIGN BORN:May Keep Love of Home, He Says, but New Allegiance Is Supreme. STIRS CHICAGO CROWDS Makes Three Addresses, Receiving the Greatest Demonstrations of the Campaign. CROWD ROUTS SUFFRAGISTS Breaks Up a Silent Demonstration and Seizes Banners -- Police Apathy Charged.
This article talks about Wilson calling the nation together in a time of war in Europe during a speech in Chicago. After his arrival, but before his speech, NWP protesters arrived carrying signs calling on Wilson to endorse women's suffrage. After…
SUFFRAGISTS PLAN TO CONTINUE TROUBLE:Hope Their Banners Will Keep On Waving at White House Gates--Two More Arrested.
This article describes the NWP as an organization determined to continue its efforts. The incarcerated picketers are described as uncomfortable in prison but determined to succeed. Alice Paul is shown as an indefatigable organizer, using the news…
Letter written by Emeline Pankhurst to members of the Women's Social and Political Union(UK), 10 January, 1913, outlining the case for militancy.
Emily Pankhurst derides the suffragists who favor a conciliatory approach to the British political establishment. Ignoring the pledge to consider women's suffrage in the coming days Pankhurst argues that more, not less, aggression was needed to…