The Washington times., 1920-08-18
71-YEAR FIGHT FOR
SUFFRAGE IS ENDED
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itoih Il u ot o6SI
1s4s, the sufrragists waited twenty
one years for their first CLEAN of
hope. 1t came from the prairies Of
the newborn West. The infant state
of Wyoming. grateful to its pioneer
women who had braved the wilds and
the Indians along with their men, be-
slowed upon them the full privileges
OF the franchise.
No other State followed it's ac-
ton until a quarter of century
later, when three other Western
States-Colorado. Utah. and Idaho, in
1894. made their women full-fiedged
voters. Washington Joined the equal
suffrage column sixteen years later.
California in the following year, and
in 1912, Kansas. Arizona and Oregon
fell into line. The following year the
women of Illinois wonStateandPresf-
Dental suffrage. In 1914 the women
Of Montana and Nevada received full
suffrage, and three years later the
women of New York were granted
the same privileges. The women OF
Oklahoma. South Dakota. and Michi-
gan Joined them as voters a year
later
MISS PAUL A. MILITANT.
The mantles OF Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia
Mott fell upon Alice Paul. Anna
Howard Shaw, and Carrie Chapman
Gait. The youngest an most pictur-
like Susan and Lucretia, is Of Quaker
ancestry and militant. She was born
thirty-five years ago-on the same
day OF the week as Joan of Arc-this
fghting Quakeress.
Wholly without political experience.
when she entered the suffrage move
ment few years ago, she is now ac-
knowledged by the master politicians
of the capital to be one of the most
astute political leaders in the country.
AS head of the militants. once held up
to ridicule and contempt, she held the
whip-hand in the suffrage situation in
the last few months and gained recog-
milton from even the White House,
once so much annoyed by her tactics.
She came to Washington in 1918
with Lucy Burns, striking, red
haired young woman of Irish ances-
try. who inherited her forefathers'
gift for oratory. Both were fresh
from activities with the militants in
England. They had been. jailed and
forcibly fed in London.
Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan
fought for the honor of being the
first state to ratify. They took ac-
ton within few hours of each other
six days after the amendment had
been passed. Kansas was the first
full suffrage State to ratify, New
York the second and Texas the frst
Southern State to take action.
The state of Washington wrote the
first half of the final chapter in the
struggle March - last, being the
thirty-fifth State to ratify.
BEGAN REIGN OF TERROR.
Their arrival in Washington was
the beginning of a reign OF terror"
for the Administration and the poll
ticians. The picketing OF the white
House began. Alice and her wild
women" were Jailed They were
forcibly fed, but remained undaunt-
ed. They left jail to resume their
picketing. After that the life OF the
militants alternated between picket
ing the White House and going to
Jail.
The battle was only half won when
the amendment passed Congress-
Special sessions of twenty nine States
had to be called to secure the thirty.
six ratifcations necessary. In all
but five OF the thirty-six States to be
won campaigns against governors
and legislatures were necessary.