[sotd] Women of Protest: Photographs [March 2, 2006]

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        Site of the Day for Thursday, March2, 2006 

        Women of Protest: Photographs From the Records of the National Woman's
Party

With a nod to Women's History Month in the U.S., today's site, from the
American Memory Project of the Library of Congress, offers a visual
portrait of the suffrage movement. Gentle Subscribers will find hundreds of
photographs illustrating the tumultuous journey in the campaign for votes
for women.

"The National Woman's Party, representing the militant wing of the suffrage
movement, utilized open public demonstrations to gain popular attention for
the right of women to vote in the United States. Their picketing, pageants,
parades, and demonstrations -- as well as their subsequent arrests,
imprisonment, and hunger strikes -- were successful in spurring public
discussion and winning publicity for the suffrage cause. " - from the
website

The exhibit features more than 400 images, primarily from 1913 to 1922,
highlighting individual leaders of the National Women's Party as well as
the actions they employed to achieve their goals. In addition, a useful
timeline, sprinkled with photos and relevant links, gives an overview of
the long struggle of the suffrage movement. A select collection of essays
considers topics such as the tactics and techniques used by the movement,
descriptions of individual leaders and members and an historical summary of
the suffrage campaign.

March to the site for a pictorial history of the American militant women's
suffrage crusade at:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/


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