#alicepaul

[kelseyraeartistnpc]

🔮✨ Horoscope for February 20th: Today's celestial energy empowers you to embrace your strength and resilience! On this day in 1933, activist and suffragette, Alice Paul, introduced the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Congress, advocating for gender equality. Channel her spirit of empowerment and stand tall in your convictions! 💪🚺

[4evahaka]

When the #1913 Washington D.C. #SuffrageParade was being planned, #NellieQuander, as President of the sorority, wrote #AlicePaul that “there were a number of college women of #HowardUniversity who would like to participate in the women suffrage procession,” but “do not wish to enter if we must meet with discrimination on account of race affiliation.” Two days later, Nellie Quander wrote Paul a second letter, reiterating the desire to participate and requesting to be assigned in a “desirable place in the college women’s section.”    On March 3, 1913, almost 50 African American women participated in the 1913 #WomensSuffrageParade, including women from Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, and New York, and Washington D.C., including young women from #Howard. The challenge of whether or not to encourage African American women to participate in the parade presented a conundrum to parade organizers and members of #NAWSA. Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950), editor of the Women’s Journal, wrote Alice Paul on January 23, “ I am glad that colored women are allowed to register for the procession—it would be a shame if they were not—but I agree with you in hoping that not many will do so in view of the wicked and irrational color prejudice so prevalent in Washington, and I certainly do not see that the procession committee is under any obligation to try to get out a large number of colored women…” Conversely, a member of NAWSA telegraphed Paul on February 28, “Am informed that parade committee has so strongly urged colored women not to march that it amounts to official discrimination from National Headquarters. Please instruct all marshals to see that all colored women who wish to march shall be accorded every service given to all marchers.” #AKA1908 #AlphaKappaAlpha #EthelMadeUsNellieSavedUs #EthelMadeUs #NellieSavedUs https://www.instagram.com/p/CoA-qzULG3e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mdanishurrahman]

NOISEMAKERS of the Week

Women's Equality Day is observed each year in the month of August. The day celebrates the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote on August 26, 1920. With the ratification of this amendment, millions of women across the country were finally able to make their voices heard by voting.

This week we celebrate as "Noisemakers of the Week" the trailblazing women who fought to deliver a better future for all American women. Suffrage activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul defied danger, used their voices, and worked tirelessly for decades to realize what we know today as basic rights - the right to vote and own property.

The 2022 Women's Equality Day theme is: “Celebrating Women's Right to Vote" a right more important than ever in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate a woman’s constitutional right to choose.

In acknowledging the day, The White House issued a Presidential Proclamation, reading in part:

"On August 26, 1920, after decades of hard-fought advocacy, women won the right to vote, and our Nation moved one step closer to living out our sacred ideal that all people are created equal. On Women’s Equality Day, we honor the movement for universal suffrage that led to the 19th Amendment, celebrate the progress of women over the years, and renew our commitment to advancing gender equity and protecting women’s rights." To read more, please visit https://us2.campaign-archive.com/...

[americasgreatoutdoors]

Last week, a beautiful bouquet of butter-yellow roses was left anonymously on the doorstep of Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C. Rangers put the roses inside the Hall of Portraits, where sculpted and painted images of Alice Paul, Alva Belmont, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth and many National Woman's Party members could see the bouquet from their pedestals and frames. This 200-year-old house is a testament to the nation's continuing struggle for equality and honors a community who dedicated their lives to the fight for women's rights. A hundred years ago today, the 19th Amendment was certified as part of the U.S. Constitution. We are grateful for the roses and the chance to honor those who marched before us. Photo by National Park Service.

[nobleelfwarrior]

“The saying ‘With great power comes great responsibility’ means that just because you didn’t choose the privilege and power, doesn’t mean you don’t have a responsibility to do something,” I say. ��The crowd of people boo and I turn to leave when Uncle Ben stands up from the crowd, “She’s right you know.”  Steve Rogers bursts through the door, “She’s right you know!”  Batman breaks the spot light, “She’s right you know.” Supergirl lasers “She’s right, you know” on the wall of the auditorium. Everyone’s phone receives “She’s right, you know. -SH”. The ghost of Nelson Mandela float up from the floor and whispers, “She’s right, you know”. The ghosts of Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass float up next to him and nod. Alice Paul’s ghost violently materializes amongst the crowd and she yells, “SHE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW.”  My parents finally arrive after their flight and walk on stage behind me, “She’s right, you know.” The Obama’s are heard over the loudspeakers, “She’s right, you know.”  

[rjbailey]

Reposted from @quotabelle - “Raise your hand” ~ Alice Paul Tapper . . Ten-year-old Alice noticed that the girls in her class were not participating as much as the boys ~ so she took action. Working with her Girl Scout troop she designed a patch program to help build confidence so their voices would be heard. And, she actually inked an op-ed that appeared in the New York Times. Her positive actions have led to a book, titled Raise Your Hand, due out in March 2019. We think Alice’s words have a message beyond elementary school. We even dedicated our latest book, Grit & Grace, to Alice and the girls of the world. BTW...Alice’s name is inspired by the legendary leader, suffragist Alice Paul. #BeautifullySaid by #alicepaultapper #smartgirl #youngleader #alicepaul #girlscouts @gscnc #girlscoutsnationscapital #raiseyourhand #gritandgrace #quotabelle - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRq_sYFWop/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=em7gtproidne

[thehistorygirlnj]

Paulsdale, the birthplace of suffragist Alice Paul in Mount Laurel, #NewJersey. The home was built in 1800 by Benjamin Hooton in the Greek Revival style. Alice’s family moved in the farmhouse, which had been remodeled with Victorian style elements, in 1883 and Alice was born in 1885. It remained in the family until 1958 when it was sold. In 1990, it was purchased and restored by the Alice Paul Institute, which now operates the house as their headquarters and #museum. #nj #njhistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #history #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #architecture #travelblog #travelblogger #blogger #blog #ushistory #americanhistory #explorenj #jerseycollective #journeythroughjersey #alicepaul #mountlaurel #mountlaurelnj #mtlaurel #paulsdale #greekrevival #alicepaulinstitute #suffragist (at Alice Paul Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn7aLIEh1xJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15ln702afrtku

[bonniefillenwarth]

On this day in 1919 the 19th amendment passed congress. #onthisday #otd #19thamendment #alicepaul #suffrage #suffragist #suffragette #suffragettes #suffragists #votesforwomen

[galaxyofcomics]

The Graphic Library series is an amazing resource! . . . . . #elizabethcadystanton #susanbanthony #feminism #suffragette #sojournertruth #vote #womensvote #suffrage #senecafalls #votesforwomen #alicepaul #thamendment #womenshistory #otd #tradingcards #herstory #remembertheladies #madeinamerica #heritagecards #ushistory #americanhistory #archivesladieswholead #rightotvote #idabwells #womensrights #womenempowerment #lucretiamott #equality #Galaxyofcomics (at Galaxy of Comics) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPOHVrXhZ-B/?utm_medium=tumblr

[suffragettecity100]

The Night Of Terror (Women’s Right to Vote)

73. The Night of Terror

Turning points in history are not about a single act: they are a culmination of smaller conflicts and injustices building upon each other. The political powder keg keeps being filled higher and higher until the right flashpoint sets it off. Women’s suffrage was a conflict that had been building since the foundation of the United States, a country whose “Declaration of Independence” was based on equality and democracy. In 1917 the United States became officially involved in WWI. Tensions were high. Some suffragists refused to unite behind a country that claimed to be a democracy and was engaging in a war to fight for democracy overseas yet denied more than half of its own citizens the right to vote. The eruption of violence was long overdue.

The peaceful protest of the Silent Sentinels (Episode 71) was already both a courageous and outrageous act. Although picketing was legal under the Clayton Act, no one had ever picketed the White House. There were many people who admired the women’s fortitude. Like resolute soldiers, they picketed 6 days a week in all kinds of weather silently holding banners which changed regularly to express new sentiments criticizing the President’s refusal to endorse a national suffrage amendment.

The start of increased violence towards the women was in response to the “Russian Banner” of June 20, 1917. President Wilson had invited envoys from the newly formed Russian Republic to the White House to ask for their alliance in the war. The Russian Republic had just legislated national suffrage to Russian women. The Silent Sentinels held a banner which declared that “America is not a democracy” and asked Russia to delay allyship until the U.S. liberated American women. Right after the Russian envoys were out of sight, irate bystanders seized the banner and tore it to shreds. The next day the sentinels returned with another copy of the banner. It too was destroyed. 

White House officials used the incident as a reason to ask the picketers to stop and threatened arrest. Alice Paul’s response was that it had been legal for six months and the law had not changed. On June 23, people gathered to see what would happen next. The suffragists carried their banners through the menacing crowd. The banners were destroyed. Police were there but only arrested the suffragists. The charge was “obstructing traffic”. The women were taken into custody but quickly released. 

Emboldened by the lack of police interference, more hostile crowds came the next day. The suffragists continued to be arrested and released but on June 25, six of the nine women arrested were finally brought to trial for “obstructing traffic” and admonished by the judge for “unpatriotic” behavior. They refused to pay the $25 fine ($468 in 2020) and were sentenced to three days in District Jail. The six women were: Annie Arniel, Virginia Arnold, Lavinia Dock, Maud Jamison, Katharine Morey, and Mabel Vernon.

Picketers returned on July 4th with banners quoting the Declaration of Independence. Crowds attacked them. Once again, only the suffragists were arrested and sent to jail. On July 14th, Bastille Day, more suffragists arrived carrying banners citing the French slogan “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” Banners were destroyed and the suffragists arrested. However, this time a judge took the unusually harsh measure of sentencing them to sixty days in the Occoquan Workhouse. Under public pressure, President Wilson pardoned the women after three days. The peaceful picketing protests started again.

On August 14th, an extremely controversial banner appeared. It is known as the “Kaiser Wilson” banner comparing President Wilson to autocrat Kaiser Wilhelm and asked that he “take the beam out of your own eye”. People were outraged. Banner after banner was destroyed by the crowd. Suffragists had to retreat to the National Woman’s Party headquarters to shield themselves from the violent mob who hurled insults and objects at the women.

Over the following weeks, women were verbally and physically attacked as they picketed. Arrests were made and more women were sent to the Occoquan Workhouse over “obstruction of traffic” charges. In September, imprisoned suffragists including Lucy Burns asked to be declared political prisoners as they had been incarcerated for political beliefs expressed during legal peaceful protests and had not committed any actual crime. In October, Alice Paul and other suffragists were also arrested and sentenced to jail. 

After two weeks in solitary confinement at the District Jail, a weakened Paul was transferred to the psych ward of the prison. Already experienced in the British suffrage tactic of hunger strikes from her time in England, Paul refused to eat as a form of passive resistance. She was harassed, deprived of sleep, interrogated for sanity, and force fed. Force feeding is done by physically restraining the person, inserting a long tube up the nose, down the throat and into the stomach. “Feeding” consists of a mixture of raw eggs and milk being poured into the tube until enough is kept down to keep the person from starvation. Serious injury, psychological trauma, and violent vomiting are common during the process. Sixteen suffragists including Paul went on hunger strikes and were force fed three times a day. 

On November 10, 1917 a large delegation of Silent Sentinels picketed the White House in response to the brutal treatment and force feeding of the suffrage prisoners. They were arrested en masse and sent to the Occoquan Workhouse. Upon arrival at the prison on the evening of November 14th, the women demanded to be treated as political prisoners. The warden flew into a malicious rage. The guards beat and terrorized the women. Dora Lewis was knocked unconscious when she was thrown into her cell and hit her head on the iron bed. Alice Cosu saw this and suffered a heart attack. Lucy Burns’ arms were handcuffed over her head and chained to a cell door for the entire night. It was a horrific attack on the suffragists that made them live in constant fear every moment during their imprisonment. The events would eventually be reported in the papers. November 14, 1917 is remembered as the “Night of Terror” and became a turning point in the suffrage movement.

The Occoquan Workhouse started coming under public scrutiny as suffragists returned with stories of wretched conditions: Black women serving overly severe sentences for petty crimes, spoiled and vermin-infested food, a diseased and filthy hospital ward, and a culture of condoned brutality from the prison guards and the warden.The prison denied having force fed the hunger strikers but in late November suffragists were brought into court with obvious visible injuries from maltreatment at the workhouse and signs of having been force fed. Testimony by suffragists revealed that it had taken five women to restrain Lucy Burns during force feeding. Suffragist Doris Stevens later described her own first hand account of the arrests and Night of Terror in her book “Jailed for Freedom” published in 1920.

This week’s song pick: 

“Til It Happens to You” by Lady Gaga https://youtu.be/ZmWBrN7QV6Y 

#SuffragetteCity100 #SufferingForSuffrage

Episode 73 Sources:

https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/a-brahmin-suffragist-suffers-a-night-of-terror-in-prison/

www.jstor.org/stable/41208790

“Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement” by Robert P. J. Cooney Chapter 14 (Pages 343-363)

Timeline of Silent Sentinels during 1917

https://www.loc.gov/collections/women-of-protest/articles-and-essays/historial-timeline-of-the-national-womans-party/1917/

Free audio version of “Jailed for Freedom”

https://librivox.org/jailed-for-freedom-by-doris-stevens/

Free text version of “Jailed for Freedom”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3604

1914 article “How It Feels to Be Forcibly Fed” by journalist Djuna Barnes

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/How_It_Feels_to_Be_Forcibly_Fed

[pgcclibrary]

Credited with revitalizing the movement for women's suffrage, 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 (1885-1977) mobilized a generation of women who had grown impatient with the incremental measures being taken toward gaining the vote. Paul helped to found the Congressional Union (later the National Woman's Party) and led a movement dedicated to the passage of a constitutional amendment for women's suffrage. Her tactics led to the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1919.⠀ ⠀ Often rigid and conservative, Paul never embraced a broad social platform for women's rights. But her single-minded devotion to legal equality shaped the feminist movement over much of the twentieth century.⠀ ⠀ ==⠀ ⠀ Source: "Alice Paul." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 19, Gale, 1999. Gale In Context: Biography⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #womenshistorymonth #alicepaul (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UgGDtHVMT/?igshid=1if2on2b4d6aa

[yournailgirl]

Centennial to celebrate the Iron Jawed Angels. I didn’t realize this place is in Mt. Laurel, NJ. Gonna try to check them out the next time I come down. #womensrighttovote #alicepaul #ironjawedangels #womensuffragemovement #1920s #roaring20s #2020 (at Alice Paul Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9M-MgiDABv/?igshid=13but6gju6tmq

[myhouseinhistory]

（承上文）隔年11月，美國國會進行期中改選，「全國婦女黨」號召男性選民們千萬不要支持那些反對修法，堅持沙文主義至上的國會議員，她們再三強調，不分男女老少、宗教或種族，每一個人都是媽媽辛苦懷胎十月所孕育而生，絕對不是從爸爸的「子宮」裡來報到的！此舉更讓社會輿論產生了相當正面的回響，逼迫不少議員不得不深刻意識到，婦女投票權絕對不是對於婦女的一種恩惠，而是偉大的天賦人權，神聖的民主價值！反對婦女參政，就是違背美國先賢們建國的精神！ . 最終，國會改選結果出爐，原本握有席次優勢的民主黨吞下敗仗，分別在參眾兩院失去主導地位，共和黨穩定過半，贏得國會，同時也在稍後的西元1919年年中時，在眾院以304：89，在參院以56：25的差距，通過了美國憲法修正案，也就是《憲法第19條修正案》（The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States #Constitution）。到了西元1920年8月，隨著田納西州州議會批准法案，達到美國憲法修憲門檻所需的全國最少四分之三州同意（36州），婦女選舉權正式獲得國家的立法。 . 『合眾國或任何一州不得因性別而否認或剝奪合眾國公民的選舉權。 . 國會有權以適當立法實施本條規定。』 . The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. . Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.』 . 西元1964年，距離美國婦女選舉權公布實行的44年之後，高齡79歲的保羅阿嬤依舊活力充沛，藉由《聯合國憲章》裡的序言展開另一波遊說行動，並透過眾議院裡民主黨權威議員的牽線與斡旋，完成《西元1964年民權法案》（Civil Rights Act of 1964）裡第七章有關男女性別平等就業權利的保障。 . 尾聲：完成於西元2004年，由HBO電影台所獨立製作，片長125分鐘的電影《Iron Jawed #Angels》（中文譯名為：『女權天使』)，內容就是在描述與緬懷當年保羅女士和一群女權主義鬥士們爭取婦女選舉權的這段艱辛過程…至於飾演保羅女士的，則是大家所熟悉，兩屆奧斯卡影后希��蕊‧史旺（Hilary Swank）。 . 附錄： 婦女選舉權（Women's #suffrage）的取得時間： . 英屬皮特肯群島（Pitcairn Islands ）1838 挪威 1913 俄羅斯 1917 德國1918 瑞典1919 美國1920 巴西1932 古巴1934 法國1944 日本1946 越南1947 中華民國1947 南韓1948 中華人民共和國1949 香港1949 埃及1956 摩納哥1962 帛琉1979 卡達2002 沙烏地阿拉伯2015（有限度開放） 教廷N.A. . #去投票 #政治 #生日快樂 #歷史 #美國 #alicepaul #woman #life #birthday #hero #right #politics #time #usa #american #vote #history #january https://www.instagram.com/p/B7KcrDMHkhK/?igshid=16umov53vpefn

[joeyd76]

“ERA, Tales of the Present” ; A collaboration with @megzany for the “Big Energy” group show this Friday, November 15, at @the.annex 6-10PM. Please come out to support these 10 female artists; curated by @colettepark . There will be (1) 36”x45” and (14) 11”x17” giclee prints available for purchase at the opening; printed by @fugscreens and @allstarpresschicago . The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of gender. It seeks to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. Can you believe that there are currently 13 states that have not passed this yet?? 🤯🤯🤯 #eranow #allcallforallhands #itsanequalitything #alicepaul #fightforyourright #equalmeansequal (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/B42M09hFwxO/?igshid=vkvh4j1y665i

[cupscards]

Gone #postcard #postcards #postcardswap #postcardexchange #cupscards CnC0317 -wish http://www.douban.com/photos/album/132668856/ #photograph #object #stamp #stamps #alicepaul https://www.instagram.com/cupscards/p/BD4OlPHg9c8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7pndlr0j1b67

[agatorlove]

"I always thought that the movement was like a mosaic." ~Alice Paul, American suffragist (1887-1977)