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![Officers of the National Woman's Party meeting in Washington to complete the plans for the dedication ceremonies on May 21st of the Party's new national headquarters opposite the Capitol. Alice Paul, New Jersey, vice president, Miss Sue White, Tennessee Chairman, Mrs. Florence Boeckel, executive committee, Miss Mary Winsor, member of the Council, Miss Anita Pollitzer, South Carolina, legislative secretary, Sophie Meredith, Virginia chairman, and Mrs. Richard [Wainwright], District of Columbia, member of the Council.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvb2ZmaWNlcnMtb2YtdGhlLW5hdGlvbmFsLXdvbWFucy1wYXJ0eS1tZWV0aW5nLWluLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tdG8tY29tcGxldGUtdGhlLThiZTg2Mi02NDAuanBn/40/38/webp "Officers of the National Woman's Party meeting in Washington to complete the plans for the dedication ceremonies on May 21st of the Party's new national headquarters opposite the Capitol. Alice Paul, New Jersey, vice president, Miss Sue White, Tennessee Chairman, Mrs. Florence Boeckel, executive committee, Miss Mary Winsor, member of the Council, Miss Anita Pollitzer, South Carolina, legislative secretary, Sophie Meredith, Virginia chairman, and Mrs. Richard [Wainwright], District of Columbia, member of the Council.")
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Organizing the First Convention of Women Voters Since Suffrage Passed. Officers of the National Woman's Party in active charge of preparations for the convention of their members which will decide the future of the organization, to meet in Washington, February 15-19, 1921, left to right: Miss Mabel Vernon, of Wilmington, Del., chairman of convention delegates; Mrs. Lawrence Lewis of Philadelphia, chairman of the suffrage memorial committee; Alice Paul, national chairman of the Party; Mrs. Florence Brewer Boeckel of Washington, D.C., press chairman; Mrs. Abby Scott Baker of Washington, D.C., political chairman; Miss Anita Pollitzer, program chairman.
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Summary: Six National Woman's Party members gathered around a desk at National Woman's Party headquarters. Left to right: Mabel Vernon, Dora Lewis, Alice Paul (seated), Florence Brewer Boeckel, Abby Scott Baker, and Anita Pollitzer.
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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Date
01/01/1921
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Harris & Ewing (Photographer)
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain
