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"Great Demand" Banner, c 1913-1917:
This is a reproduction of the original banner carried between 1913 and 1917 by suffragists. The original banner remains in the NWP collection. Thought to be carried during the "Grand Picket" at the White House on March 4, 1917, the day before President Woodrow Wilson's second inauguration. Over one thousand women marched around the White House for several hours in icy, pouring rain waiting to meet with President Wilson. The gates to the grounds were locked and President Wilson and his wife left the White House, driving through the picket line, without acknowledging the suffragists. |