Silent Sentinels White House picketing

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Silent Sentinels White House picketing was a landmark 1917–1919 suffrage protest in which women silently demonstrated outside the White House to demand voting rights for women in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nonviolent protest ⓘ
picketing campaign ⓘ
political demonstration ⓘ
suffrage protest ⓘ
aimedAt President Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
linked to: Woodrow Wilson
alsoKnownAs Silent Sentinels ⓘ
cause women's suffrage in the United States ⓘ
characteristic daily picketing except on Sundays and some holidays ⓘ
first group to picket the White House for a political cause ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
commemoratedBy exhibits at the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument ⓘ
historical markers in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1919 ⓘ
goal federal amendment for women's suffrage ⓘ
voting rights for women ⓘ
hasParticipant members of the National Woman's Party ⓘ
suffragists ⓘ
influenced passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
legalOutcome some convictions later overturned by courts ⓘ
location White House ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national press attention ⓘ
method holding banners ⓘ
silent picketing ⓘ
notableEvent Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
arrest of picketers on charges such as obstructing traffic ⓘ
hunger strikes by imprisoned suffragists ⓘ
imprisonment of suffragists at Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ
opposedBy District of Columbia police ⓘ
Woodrow Wilson administration ⓘ
organizedBy Alice Paul ⓘ
Lucy Burns ⓘ
National Woman's Party ⓘ
partOf American women's suffrage movement ⓘ
politicalContext Wilson's initial opposition to federal suffrage amendment ⓘ
shift of Wilson to support federal suffrage amendment in 1918 ⓘ
relatedTo National Woman's Party ⓘ
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
result increased public sympathy for suffrage movement ⓘ
pressure on Wilson administration to support suffrage amendment ⓘ
slogan Kaiser Wilson ⓘ
linked to: Woodrow Wilson

Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty? ⓘ
startDate 1917-01-10 ⓘ
timePeriod World War I ⓘ

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National Woman's Party → notableCampaign → Silent Sentinels White House picketing ⓘ
Silent Sentinels protest at the White House → alsoKnownAs → Silent Sentinels campaign ⓘ
linked to: Silent Sentinels White House picketing
Doris Stevens → participatedIn → picketing of the White House for woman suffrage ⓘ
linked to: Silent Sentinels White House picketing
Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse → relatedTo → White House pickets for suffrage ⓘ
linked to: Silent Sentinels White House picketing