Wednesday August 26, 2020
The 100th Anniversary of the Women’s Right to Vote
Inspirational Woman for Today is:
Alice Paul
Another interesting fact…Alice Paul organized parades and pickets in support of suffrage. Her first—and the largest—was in Washington, DC, on March 3, 1913, the day before President-elect Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration. Approximately eight thousand women marched with banners and floats down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House, while a half million spectators watched, supported and harassed the marchers. On March 17, Paul and other suffragists met with Wilson, who said it was not yet time for an amendment to the Constitution. On April 7, Paul organized a demonstration and founded the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage to focus specifically on lobbying Congress. (Courtesy WomensHistory.org)
To learn more about this inspirational woman, go to History.com’s web page
