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"A vigorous campaign of propaganda work."
Through a sustained campaign of mass propaganda, the National Woman's Party (NWP) successfully garnered support for the federal suffrage amendment. The organization shrewdly created and utilized cartoons, posters, billboards, pamphlets, and banners in order to educate the public, influence politicians, and fight back against long-established media hostility toward the suffrage campaign. Central to this strategy, "The Suffragist" newspaper, published from 1913 to 1921, recorded lobbying efforts, demonstrations, and arrests, and featured compelling photographs and clever illustrations. Additionally, members wrote editorials, essays, and poems to advocate for the federal suffrage amendment. When NWP members were arrested for picketing the White House in 1917 and 1918, this type of propaganda became essential to defending their actions and gaining public sympathy. |