Suffragists in Washington, DC: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote

by Rebecca Boggs Roberts

Book Overview

A vivid narrative of the heroic struggle of Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party as they worked to earn the vote, framed by the demonstration known as The Great Suffrage Parade.

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625859406
• ISBN13: 9781625859402
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"