Woman’s Party Campaign Billboard

The Images, Cartoons, and Other Visual Sources That Shaped America
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Woman’s Party Campaign Billboard
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About the Artist
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Document Image
Explanation and Analysis of the Document
https://doi.org/10.3735/9781935306733.book-part-068

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Abstract

By 1916, the women’s suffrage movement had been gathering momentum for decades, starting with the Seneca Falls (N.Y.) Convention in 1848. With the election of Woodrow Wilson to the presidency in 1912, women’s groups, including the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and the National Woman’s Party (NWP), were hopeful that the U.S. Constitution could be amended to grant women the right to vote. Wilson, however, despite his generally progressive tendencies, appeared to be lukewarm on the issue of woman suffrage, much to the chagrin of suffragists. Accordingly, in 1916, when the president was up for reelection, the Woman’s Party campaigned in opposition to him and to Democratic congressional representatives who failed to support their goals.

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