USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE WOMENS MOVEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ was an American suffragist, leader, and founder of the National Women’s Party.
A
Nellie Taylor Ross
B
Alice Paul
C
Margaret Sanger
D
Genevieve R. Cline
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most prominent leader of the National Woman’s Party was Alice Paul, and its most notable event was the 1917–1919 Silent Sentinels vigil outside the gates of the White House. Washington, D.C., U.S.

Detailed explanation-3: -Formed in 1913 as the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, the organization was headed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.

Detailed explanation-4: -Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a true leader of the woman suffrage movement, serving as the president of the National Woman Suffrage Association for twenty years and the as first president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

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