Archive: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commissionさんのプロフィール画像

Archive: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commissionさんのイラストまとめ


This account has been archived. The WSCC was created by Congress to commemorate 100 years of the 19th Amendment in 2020. #WomensVote100
cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/womens…

フォロー数:0 フォロワー数:2279

Mabel Ping-Hua Lee championed the rights of women & Chinese Americans. She led a New York City suffrage parade, wrote articles, gave speeches & became the first Chinese woman to earn a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

17 39

Inez Milholland sacrificed her life to secure votes for women. She led the DC suffrage parade & ensured that women of color could march. In 1916, the 30 yr old collapsed during a speech & later died, becoming a martyr for the cause. https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc

24 49

Adelina Otero-Warren spoke up for women’s rights, especially in her home state, New Mexico, where she led the National Woman's Party chapter. She distributed suffrage literature in English & Spanish to reach a broad audience. https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc

13 42

Alice Paul provoked controversy about women’s suffrage, which attracted valuable attention to the cause. She led a parade in Washington, DC and organized the nation’s first ever pickets of the White House. https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

11 43

Jeannette Rankin asserted her support of women’s rights. Rankin became the first woman elected to US Congress in 1916. While in office, she advocated for the 19th Amendment’s passage. https://t.co/qk7EIOhD6e

13 53

Lucy Burns dedicated her life to women's suffrage. She helped organize the 1913 parade in DC. She picketed the White House, was arrested and sentenced to 6 months in a workhouse. She went on hunger strikes & was force fed. https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

14 32

Zitkala-Ša, of the Yankton Dakota Sioux, defended rights of Native people & women. She gave lectures & wrote about Native life to challenge stereotypes and founded the National Council of American Indians to fight for voting rights. https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

18 65

Mary Talbert challenged discrimination by advocating for better education, job opportunities, political representation and more. She also became president of the National Association of Colored Women. https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

29 70

Jane Addams led reform movements for women’s votes, peace & the support of immigrants. She founded the Hull House in Chicago in 1889, and became a leader in the National American Woman Suffrage Association & helped found the NAACP. https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc

18 43

Carrie Chapman Catt mobilized women to secure the vote. She founded the International Woman Suffrage Alliance & when president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, she established the “Winning Plan." https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

21 49