48 members of the National Woman’s Party were arrested today when they attempted to hold a suffrage rally at the Lafayette Monument in Lafayette Park, across from the White House.
August 5, 1920: Harding Will Fight for Suffrage With Party Members
Warren G. Harding has reversed the position he took just yesterday of being unwilling to help in the fight to win ratification of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in Tennessee.
August 4, 1920: Harding Will Not Take Action on Suffrage Within His Party
The already uncertain chances of Tennessee ratifying the Susan B. Anthony (nationwide woman suffrage) Amendment decreased today as Republican Presidential nominee Warren G. Harding said he was not presently willing to get involved in pressuring his fellow party members there to vote “yes.”
August 1, 1911: Harriet Quimby Makes History as First Woman Pilot
An American woman has now joined the ranks of licensed aeroplane pilots!
July 31, 1913: Suffrage Procession Takes Hyattsville By Storm
A huge caravan of over 60 decorated automobiles, carrying suffragists and 85,000 signatures on suffrage petitions gathered from citizens of all 48 States, assembled in Hyattsville, Maryland, today.
July 30, 1970: Feminists Call for Efforts to End Workplace Sex Discrimination
Pickets from the National Organization for Women were out early and in force today in seven of fourteen cities that were part of a closed-circuit television conference sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Industry Council.
July 29, 1915: New Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for Woman Suffrage in New York State
A suffrage victory in New York State on November 2nd now seems assured if the results of today’s “Telephone Day” poll are an accurate representation of public sentiment.
July 25, 1946: Legislation Would Make Women’s Army Corps Permanent
“During the time I had WACs under my command they have met every test and task assigned to them … their contributions in efficiency, skill, spirit and determination are immeasurable.”
July 23, 1937: National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Endorses Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment received the most prestigious organizational approval in its 14-year history today when it was endorsed at the biennial convention of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs.
July 22, 1920: Suffragist Demand More Action from Harding
Over a hundred members of the National Woman’s Party met with Republican Presidential nominee Warren G. Harding today, and made it clear that the N.W.P. will not settle for mere words from the Senator, but will insist on deeds.
July 21, 1923: National Women’s Party Kicks Off ERA Campaign
The true beginning of this new campaign actually dates back to February 16, 1921.
July 16, 1920: Suffragist Factions Work Separately For The Women’s Vote
Both factions of the suffrage movement were quite busy today.
July 15, 1940: Democratic Party Will Not Endorse Equal Rights Amendment
Despite a valiant effort by the National Woman’s Party and the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, the Democratic Party today declined to join Republicans in endorsing the Equal Rights Amendment.
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July 14, 1920: Harding Caves to Suffragist Criticism
Any remaining doubts about the National Woman’s Party’s political clout must certainly have been dispelled today.
July 10, 1908: Police Intervene As Suffragists Invade Financial District
Harriot Stanton Blatch and six young suffragists invaded Manhattan’s financial district earlier today, and had much better success with its inhabitants than they did with the police.
July 9, 1978: Feminists Make History With Biggest-Ever March for the Equal Rights Amendment
In the largest march for women’s rights in the nation’s history – nearly three times the size of the largest suffrage parade, and at least twice as big as the landmark August 26, 1970 march in New York – a hundred thousand supporters of equality took to the streets of Washington, D.C., today to call for an extension of the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
July 8, 1916: Alice Paul Pushes Presidential Nominee to Support Suffrage
Alice Paul is back in Washington, D.C., following a meeting with Republican Presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes at the Hotel Astor in New York City.
July 7, 1920: Democrats Turn the Tide on Suffrage
Governor James Cox of Ohio, who officially became the Democratic nominee for President last night, today sent a telegram to the head of the Democratic State Committee of Louisiana urging reconsideration of that State’s recent rejection of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment.
July 4, 1876: Suffragists Present “Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States”
“We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.”