Object Details
associated institution
National Woman's Party
Description
This photo shows crowds gathered outside the White House for a suffrage demonstration on January 13, 1919. During the protest shown in the photo, 22 women were arrested.
The watch fires of freedom marked a return of woman suffrage pickets to the White House. They burned copies of President Woodrow Wilson's speeches in small cauldrons calling attention to his hypocrisy in touting democratic principles abroad while simultaneously refusing to secure the Senate votes needed to pass the woman suffrage amendment.
The nineteenth amendment to the Constitution enfranchising women was ratified in August 1920.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Alice Paul Centennial Foundation, Inc.
date made
1919
associated date
1919
ID Number
1991.3016.063
catalog number
1991.3016.063
nonaccession number
1991.3016
Object Name
photograph
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
average spatial: 6 1/2 in x 7 in; 16.51 cm x 17.78 cm
place made
United States: District of Columbia
associated place
United States: District of Columbia
See more items in
Political History: Political History, Women's History Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
Woman Suffrage
Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
Women's Suffrage
Equal Rights Amendment
Voting Rights
Women's History
Demonstrations
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1102674