National American Woman's Suffrage Association Convention, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, center, presiding.
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Summary: Photograph of NAWSA convention proceeding, with women on stage, facing a audience. Anna Howard Shaw, standing, center, speaking from notes. Women on main floor and balcony.
Also on verso: Alice Paul is on stage, seated, to right in the back row.
In 1913 Woman suffrage procession organized by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns and led by Inez Milholland marched through Washington, D.C. In 1917 Suffragettes organized the "Silent Sentinels" first protest outside The White House, in Washington led by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party. Alice Paul served a 7-month jail sentence for protesting women's rights in Washington.
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01/01/1912
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain