RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The women were arrested and later starved to death
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The women gained the attention of the president and a new amendment was proposed
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the women were arrested and went on a hunger strike in jail
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ten suffragists were arrested on August 28, 1917, as they picketed the White House. The protesters were there in an effort to pressure President Woodrow Wilson to support the proposed “Anthony amendment” to the Constitution that would guarantee women the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -Winslow was a leading demonstrator on the picket lines in the 1917 silent protests at the White House in Washington, D. C. She subsequently served time in the District jail and the Occoquan Workhouse.
Detailed explanation-3: -The following January, President Wilson announced his support of woman suffrage. The sentinels continued to protest, even burning an effigy of the president in front of the White House in February of 1919.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1916, a new militant suffrage group, the National Women’s Party (NWP), was formed. Led by Alice Paul, the NWP began picketing the White House.