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1913
More than sixty years after the meeting at Seneca Falls, a new generation of suffragists -- people who fought for the right to vote -- tried inventive ways to gain support for the vote, including parades. Alice Paul convinced the National American Woman Suffrage Association to plan a major parade here in Washington, DC, on March 3, 1913. At a time of segregation and discrimination, African American suffragists -- including Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- fought to ensure a place for women of color in the parade and in the larger movement. Suffragists often marched with banners that included reasons women should have the right to vote. If you were a suffragist, what would your banner say? |