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: -Crowd Converging on Marchers during Inaugural Suffrage Procession, March 3, 1913, Washington, D.C. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alice Paul was a Quaker suffragist who fought to secure women the right to vote and other feminist causes. The author of the Equal Rights Amendment, written in 1923 but still not ratified, died at the age of 92 in 1977, and remains one of the nation’s most outspoken voices in the battle for equality.

Detailed explanation-5: -The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and supported a federal amendment for women’s suffrage.