National Women's Party

By millacosta

  • December 1912

    Alice Paul is appointed chairmen of the National American Woman Suffrage Association"s congressional committee at the NAWSA convention.

  • March 3, 1913

    National suffrage parade occurs which was organized by the congressional committee and local suffrage groups. This was held in Washington, D.C., the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration.

  • April 1913

    The Congressional Union for Women is founded by Alice Paul

  • November 15, 1913

    The first newspaper issue of "The Suffragist" appears.

  • December 6, 1913

    NAWSA leadership tells Alice Paul she can keep her position as chairmanship of the Congressional Committee as long as she resigns from the CU. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns refused

  • August 29-30, 1914

    It is decided by the National Advisory Council that the Congressional Union should have two women sent to every suffrage state to mobilize women voters to oppose any congressional candidate from the Democratic Party, which had blocked passage of the federal suffrage association.

  • June 5-7, 1916

    The NWP was officially formed at the convention of women voters organized by CU at Chicago's Blackstone Theatre. There goal was to pass a federal suffrage amendment.

  • December 5, 1916

    NWP member hide banner under cloak, and position themselves in the first row of the balcony during President Woodrow Wilson's annual address to congress and unfold the banner which reads: "Mr. President, What Will You Do For Woman Suffrage?"

  • January 10, 1917

    Silent picketing in front of the White House begins as 12 women march from Cameron House headquarters carrying tricolor purple, white, and gold banners, as well as banner with messages.

  • June 22, 1917

    Lucy Burns and Katherine More become first women arrested while picketing White House

  • November 5, 1917

    Alice Paul and Rose Winslow begin hunger strike while in Jail and, one week later, are subject to force-feeding three times a day for the next three weeks

  • November 15, 1917 ("Night Of Terror")

    Pickets arrested on november 10th are transferred to Occoquan Workhouse, where the women were carried, dragged, pushed and beat into their cells.

  • September 30, 1918

    President Woodrow Wilson addresses Senate asking for passage of federal woman suffrage amendment as war measure.

  • January 1, 1919

    Watch fire demonstrations begin when NWP members light a fire in urn placed in front of White House and burns copies of President Woodrow Wilson's speeches in the fire

  • May-June, 1920

    The 19th amendment was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and now has been initiated to obtain ratification by the 36 state legislatures.

  • August 26, 1920

    Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby signs 19th amendment into law.