SUFFRAGISTS PROTESTING AT WHITE HOUSE ARRESTED
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, November 10, 1917, a group of suffragists protesting in front of the White House were arrested.
Sources do not agree on the number arrested, but the range is from 31 to 41.
Women supporting their right to vote had been protesting at the White House from the beginning of President Woodrow Wilson's second term. "Silent Sentinels" wore purple, white and gold sashes.
On October 20, 1917, one of the key leaders of the National Women's Party, Alice Paul*, had been arrested and two days later was sentenced to seven months at the Occoquan Workhouse.
While there Miss Paul was transferred to the psychiatric ward at District jail. Suffragettes who were sent to Occoquan were beaten and tortured by the guards.
*Alice Paul (1885-1977) was born in Mt. Laurel Township, New Jersey & graduated from Swarthmore College in 1905 & received an M.A. at the University of Pennsylvania (1907). She earned a law degree, LLM & Doctor of Laws at American University.
AP led the National Woman's Party & the campaign for the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
SOURCES
"'Night of terror'; The suffragettes who were beaten and tortured for seeking the vote", by Terence McArdle, November 10, 2017, The Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com/
"Women of Protest: Photos from the Records of the National Women's Party", Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
Alice Paul (1920)
The Woman Suffrage Memorial
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, November 10, 1917, a group of suffragists protesting in front of the White House were arrested.
Sources do not agree on the number arrested, but the range is from 31 to 41.
Women supporting their right to vote had been protesting at the White House from the beginning of President Woodrow Wilson's second term. "Silent Sentinels" wore purple, white and gold sashes.
On October 20, 1917, one of the key leaders of the National Women's Party, Alice Paul*, had been arrested and two days later was sentenced to seven months at the Occoquan Workhouse.
While there Miss Paul was transferred to the psychiatric ward at District jail. Suffragettes who were sent to Occoquan were beaten and tortured by the guards.
*Alice Paul (1885-1977) was born in Mt. Laurel Township, New Jersey & graduated from Swarthmore College in 1905 & received an M.A. at the University of Pennsylvania (1907). She earned a law degree, LLM & Doctor of Laws at American University.
AP led the National Woman's Party & the campaign for the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
SOURCES
"'Night of terror'; The suffragettes who were beaten and tortured for seeking the vote", by Terence McArdle, November 10, 2017, The Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com/
"Women of Protest: Photos from the Records of the National Women's Party", Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
Alice Paul (1920)
Harris & Ewing, Inc. Photo
Library of Congress Image
The Woman Suffrage Memorial
Market Square
Knoxville, Tennessee
Photo by John White (2008)
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