Suffragists in Washington, DC: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote - Paperback

Suffragists in Washington, DC: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote

This historical narrative chronicles the pivotal moment when Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party transformed the women's suffrage movement through strategic civil rights demonstrations in the nation's capital. The book centers on The Great Suffrage Parade of 1913, the first civil rights march to use Washington, D.C. as its backdrop.

The Great Suffrage Parade: A Turning Point

By 1913, despite sixty years of campaigning by suffrage organizations, only six states allowed women to vote. Alice Paul's arrival in Washington changed the movement's trajectory. She organized a grand spectacle on Pennsylvania Avenue the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, marking the beginning of more aggressive tactics in the fight for women's voting rights.

From Protest to Victory

Author Rebecca Boggs Roberts documents how women's groups protested and picketed outside the White House, facing imprisonment for their activism. National newspaper coverage of these tactics ultimately contributed to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, securing women's right to vote.