The Washington herald., 1920-08-19

/ t""nth amendment through the ac-
ton of the Tennessee legislature.
Il was first offered by Senator Sar-
gent. Of California. The State fights
were not abandoned. Wyoming was
the first TO grant it. Its original
constitution extended equal rights,
and the few women of that far
. Western country in 1869 shared with
. tH'Ir fronticrsmen brothers the
right to vote.
colorado. Utah and Idaho followed
. in 1894. There were no additions
En'!I 1910 when Washington en-
tered the lists, to be followed by
California, in l9l1. and Kansas.
Arizona and oregon in 1912. Illinois
granted its women Presidential suf-
IT1-r in 1913. During the following
!'>r the women of Montana and Ne
N""a were cnfranchIsed. After re
Yer" ietcats in 1915. the suffragists
gained a signal victory in a ropu-
Jar vote IN New York in 1917. Okla
roma, South Dakota and Michirsn n
joined the ranks in 1915.
, Congress Indifferent to Surr,rc
/ During all Of that time Congress
gave Iittie heed to the suffrage
movement. IerfunCtory hearings
were AeId ar almost every session
q congress. but 50 far as active
support was concerned suffrage was
ue- issue The amendment
,'IShld the moor in 1887, but lacked
lpleS OF passage. 1t was scarce
~ "'oaIed at all until 1913. when
IHe S"IIFaslst became active. The
EIeal parade, with its unfortunate
IoTp'"S OF foWdyism on March g..
! Isl"' the day preceding the inaucu.
ration of Woodrow Wilson is ~
latter-day history and recous ~
state Of mind toward the then "smF.
fragettes."
: SuhrnSettes Picket White House
Inc intensive campaign in Com
gLesS began with the orranizatior
OF the Congressional Union To-
Woman Suffrage. title Iator
Tii'Ll2ra ,,i'2 TO that of the National
/ w oman farty. Miss Alice Paul,
! "LSo o. quaker stock. determined
upon militant policy-suffrase
,''hSH' ,H' Spectacular parades, special
, .ouIS' hdIIohaI populations to Con-
| 80 anu, aDoNe all, the picketing
Cl,,L - '.,. "iCs mouse and the Capitol
followed. Miss Paurs tactics no
| Vollcd a storm of criticism b..
did not turn from her courso -
her methods were such that nawe
paper space could not be denia5 bar
Five hundred women, younr and
/ old. rich and poor, submitted to ar
rest for picketing and 2on served
Jail sentences.
Some of the most astuta 1ohb,.i
that Congress ever Witnessed sn,
companied the spectacular nctiyitIes
of the pickets. The persistent do
mand upon Congress for action re-
suited in the House passing the
suffrage resolution on January 10
1918, by margin of one vote The
vote was taken on the fortieth an
/ niVersary of the introduction of tho
original susan B. Anthony amend
ment. The House resolution was
called up in the Senate on June 81
1918, but defeated by nine yot.s
The Sixty-fifth Congress died with
out passage of the resolution by the
Senate.
Congress Grants Suffrage.
The House repassed the resolution
on May 81, 1919, by a good majority
Suffrage gains among the new Re
publican Senators and the winning
on the Democratic side of the de-
Gliding vote completed the task Of
Congress on June 4.
The battle for ratification began
at once. Nine States ratified within
a month, but even then some Of the
I keenest political leaders predicted
that the thirty-sixth State would not
be acquired in ten years.
All manner of barriers confronted
the suffrage hosts Where the nat