 | Catt says: “By the political recognition of woman’s value in war work, instead of waiting until peace has come to extend the franchise, Great Britain places the stamp of approval upon suffrage as a war measure. … In calling attention to the example set by Great Britain, the National American Woman Suffrage Association points out that the United States is losing its leadership in democracy.” read clipping The New York Times, June 22, 1917 – The National Woman’s Party pickets the White House again with another banner identical to the one destroyed the day before. Crowds again destroy the banner, and a woman in the crowd, who attacks the women who are picketing, is arrested. There are demands to arrest the picketers. Carrie Chapman Catt issues a statement saying: “Millions of women in the United States feel humiliation over the fact that our allies, Russia, Great Britain, and Canada, have either liberated their women or promised to liberate them from the political disabilities under which women have rested the world around. We feel that our men in Congress should not wait another minute to submit the Federal amendment for woman suffrage. Nevertheless, we are not in any way in sympathy with the method that has been used by the White House pickets to announce our humiliation to our visitors from over the sea.” read clipping The New York Times, June 22, 1917 – The Maryland Legislature defeats a state suffrage bill. read clipping |  |
