Suffragists in Washington D.C. : the 1913 parade and the fight for the vote
by Roberts, Rebecca Boggs (Author)
Summary
The Great Suffrage Parade was the first civil rights march to use the nation's capital as a backdrop. Despite sixty years of relentless campaigning by suffrage organizations, by 1913 only six states allowed women to vote. Then Alice Paul came to Washington, D.C. She planned a grand spectacle on Penn... Full description