Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

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The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was a militant American suffrage organization founded by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns that later evolved into the National Woman's Party, known for its aggressive campaign for a federal woman suffrage amendment.

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Label Occurrences
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage canonical 5

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization ⓘ
suffrage organization ⓘ
women's rights organization ⓘ
advocatedFor passage of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment ⓘ
women's right to vote in federal elections ⓘ
campaignType national campaign ⓘ
characterizedAs militant ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork political advocacy ⓘ
women's political rights ⓘ
focus United States Congress ⓘ
foundedBy Alice Paul ⓘ
Lucy Burns ⓘ
goal federal woman suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasLeader Alice Paul ⓘ
Lucy Burns ⓘ
hasPurpose securing a constitutional guarantee of woman suffrage in the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
ideology women's suffrage ⓘ
influenced later feminist political strategies in the United States ⓘ
issue gender equality in political rights ⓘ
knownFor aggressive campaign for a federal woman suffrage amendment ⓘ
direct action tactics ⓘ
organizing large suffrage parades in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
picketing the White House ⓘ
laterEvolvedInto National Woman's Party ⓘ
mergedInto National Woman's Party ⓘ
movement women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
notableMember Anne Henrietta Martin ⓘ
Doris Stevens ⓘ
Inez Milholland ⓘ
Mabel Vernon ⓘ
opposed President Woodrow Wilson's initial reluctance to support woman suffrage ⓘ
opposedDiscriminationOnBasisOf sex ⓘ
opposedStrategyOf National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
partOf American feminist history ⓘ
politicalPosition focused on federal rather than state-by-state suffrage campaigns ⓘ
relatedTo National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
National Woman's Party ⓘ
soughtChangeIn United States Constitution ⓘ
usedTactic civil disobedience ⓘ
lobbying members of Congress ⓘ
mass demonstrations ⓘ
public protests ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Woman's Party → predecessor → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ
Alice Paul → founded → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ
National Woman's Party → precededBy → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ
subject linked to: NWP
Lucy Burns → coFounded → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ
Silent Sentinels → organizedBy → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ