Lucretia Mott
No violation escaped Mott’s advocacy; she was not only an ardent abolitionist and woman’s rights activist, she was also a pacifist and worked for the Peace Idea.
“In every reform she stood in the forefront of the battle. Whenever there was a trying emergency to be met you could rely on Lucretia Mott.” |
Newspaper critics often ridiculed her. The New York World reported, “Susan is lean, cadaverous and intellectual, with the proportions of a file and the voice of a hurdy-gurdy.” |
Adelaide Johnson proclaimed Susan B. Anthony to be “the one pre-eminent woman who changed the age-old world in a generation.”
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World Fair, 1893 Hearty applause greeted Mrs. Bertha Palmer, who spoke on the work of the Board of Lady Managers and congratulated women on their recognition on this extraordinary occasion. She said: "Even more important than the discovery of Columbus, which we are gathered together to celebrate, is the fact the General Government has just discovered women." |
We march in a spirit of protest against the present political organization of society, from which women are excluded. |
March 3, 1913 The purpose of the procession was to demand a federal suffrage amendment and to ask Congress and the Administration to do their part in removing this “ancient” sex discrimination. The mob overtook the marchers. |
Inez Milholland
“Women of the West, Let no party, whatsoever its name, dare to slur the demands of women…. Let them know that women stand by women.” |
On October 22, 1916, while speaking in Los Angeles, Inez Milholland directed a question at Woodrow Wilson: "Mr. President how long must women wait for liberty?" As the words filled the air, she collapsed on the stage. Milholland died at the age of 30. Alice Paul visited the grave of Inez in Lewis, NY, in 1924. |
Members of the National Woman's Party picketed the White House in 1917. Many were arrested and sentenced to jail time. Many of the women were mistreated by prison guards. The air was so stale that the women prisoners threw things until they broke windows to let in fresh air. Their meals were some bread, occasionally some molasses, a little almost-raw salt pork, and “some sort of liquid---I am not sure whether it was coffee or soup,” said Paul. |