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"On March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, leaders of the American suffrage movement organized an enormous march through the capital that served as an important salvo on the long road to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Coinciding with the widespread rise of photography in daily newspapers and significant shifts in journalism, the parade energized a movement that had been in the doldrums for nearly two decades. In Seeing Suffrage, James G. Stovall combines a detailed account of the parade with more than 130 photographs to provide a stunning visual chronicle of one of the most pivotal moments in the struggle for women's rights. Although the women's suffrage movement was sixty-five years old by 1913, the belief that women should vote was still controversial. Reactions to the march--a dazzling spectacle involving between five thousand and eight thousand participants--ranged from bemusement to resistance to violence. The lack of cooperation from the Washington police force exacerbated conflicts along the route and, ultimately, approximately one hundred marchers and participants were injured. Although suffrage leaders publicly expressed disgust at the condu

Author

James Glen Stovall

Publisher

Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781572339408

Subjects

Political Science, History, Social_sciences

Rating

5 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14