page_title: Belle Squire
section_title: 1913 Washington, D.C. suffrage march
hierarchical_section_title: Belle Squire / 1913 Washington, D.C. suffrage march
caption_attribution_description: English: Ida B. Wells at 1913 suffrage parade, in Chicago Daily Tribune May 1913
context_page_description: Belle Squire, properly Viola Belle Squire, was a suffragist from Illinois who was involved in the Chicago suffrage movement and co-founded the Alpha Suffrage Club with Ida B. Wells. She was especially known for her opposition to paying taxes when women did not have a right to vote. Squire argued expecting women to pay taxes while they were not enfranchised was a form of taxation without representation.
context_section_description: In 1913 Wells integrated the 1913 suffrage march in Washington affiliated with the National American Women's Suffrage Association which was organized by suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. Although Wells was told by national organizers to walk in the back of the march she refused to do so. Wells and Squire marched with the Illinois delegation and Squire was pictured wearing a "no vote no tax" sash (see picture at right).
   After the march Wells was honored for her political bravery at a gathering at the Progressive Club of Quinn Chapel in Utah where Squire spoke at an evening reception.
caption: Wells & Squire marching in 1913
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