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women fighting for their right to vote.
Thesis: One of the most important events in women's and American History. The Resilience of women can conquer all. This Project displays to women and girls that women's rights are an important aspect to everyday life. This topic is relevant to this day.
http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/woman-suffrage-timeline-18401920
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Alice Paul and Lucy Burns meet with Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt to discuss getting press for their movement
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This Parade began very well, but the men that did not support the fight for the amendment openly attacked the women marching. the police that were there ran away.
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the first world war begins
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gets a half-million signatures on petitions to Congress for the right to vote
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Suffragettes went in front of the white house holding banners and using his words against him. Such as,“Mr. President, What Will You Do For Woman Suffrage?” and “How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty?”
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The women who were arrested, including Alice Paul, led a hunger strike in the women's prison. They were eventually force fed through tubes in their nose.
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The already arrested Suffragettes were attacked and beaten with clubs to attempt to break them and have them give up for their cause.
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The debate for the 19th amendment is opened and passes. However, it fails to pass the two thirds requirement in the Senate.
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President expresses his willingness to let women vote. This was because America did not want to let their Allies know they were force feeding and torturing American women. The vote passed 304 votes to 89 votes.
