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12 de nov. de 2019 · On November 14, 1917, about 20 to 30 women who were protesting in front of the White House for equal rights and equal voting rights were arrested and beaten/treated brutally throughout their prison sentences. The group of women was a mix of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and the National Woman’s Party (NWP).
23 de sept. de 2022 · night-of-terror-1933 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.7.0 . plus-circle Add Review. comment. Reviews Reviewer: z.x.study - - September 14, 2023 Subject: Copr. NIGHT OF TERROR, a photoplay in seven reels by Columbia Pictures Corp. (C) 17Apr33; LP3811. Columbia ...
14 de nov. de 2022 · On the night of November 14th, the superintendent, W.H. Whittaker, ordered some forty guards to brutalize the suffragists. They beat New Yorker Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head, then left her there for the night. They put Dora Lewis into a dark cell and smashed her head against an iron bed, knocking her unconscious.
12 de nov. de 2019 · Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with stories about the people and events that led to the passage of women’s suffrage in the United States. Just over 100 years ago this week, on November 14, 1917, a group of suffragists underwent a horrifying night of torture and abuse that would come to be known as the “Night of Terror
Even before the Night of Terror, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, chief organizers for the National Woman’s Party (NWP)—along with other Silent Sentinels—had been sentenced to Occoquan. Despite marching two by two or standing on the sidewalk against the gates of the White House, they were arrested for “obstructing traffic.”
On November 14, 1917, more than two dozen National Woman's Party members are sentenced to serve prison time for picketing the White House in support of woman suffrage, although the official charge is "obstructing traffic." That night, the women arrive at the women's prison, the Occoquan Work House. And they arrive with demands to be treated as ...
18 de ago. de 2020 · The “Night of Terror,” as the women called it, helped galvanize public support for the suffrage movement. On Tuesday, the country will celebrate what they achieved: ratification of the 19th ...
