USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first suffragist parade in Washington D.C. was organized by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns for the day before President Wilson’s inauguration in March 1913. Working with the National American Woman Suffrage Association, they drew thousands of marchers to rally for a national amendment on woman suffrage.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1903 Emmeline Pankhurst and others, frustrated by the lack of progress, decided more direct action was required and founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) with the motto ‘Deeds not words’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Suffragist Alice Paul organized the large-scale national suffrage parade, which took place in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 1913, the day before President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration. The event began peacefully as suffragists departed from the Peace Monument on the west side of the U.S. Capitol.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alice Paul, (born January 11, 1885, Mount Laurel, New Jersey, U.S.-died July 9, 1977, Moorestown, New Jersey), American women’s suffrage leader who first proposed an equal rights amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Detailed explanation-5: -A vocal leader of the twentieth century women’s suffrage movement, Alice Paul advocated for and helped secure passage of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Paul next authored the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, which has yet to be adopted.