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The New York Times, July 20, 1917 – The National Woman’s Party and other suffragists, as well as constitutionalists, claim victory with President Wilson’s pardon of the women in the Occoquan Workhouse. Carrie Chapman Catt praises President Wilson. read clipping

The New York Times, July 20, 1917 – Former President Theodore Roosevelt says he supports a Federal Suffrage Amendment. read clipping

The New York Times, July 20, 1917 – Editorial – The Times editorializes that the picketers for suffrage are hurting their cause. read clipping

The New York Times, July 22, 1917 – The National Woman’s Party repeats the Bastille Day demonstration in front of the White House. This time no one is arrested. One of their banners reads: “We ask not pardons for ourselves, but justice for all American women.” read clipping

The New York Times, July 23, 1917 – The National Woman’s Party plans to continue picketing. The Washington police do not intend to arrest the women unless their banners are considered treasonous. read clipping

The New York Times, July 24, 1917 – The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage writes a letter to President Wilson asserting that the sixty-day sentence for the suffragists was just and that his pardon was magnanimous. read clipping