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The New York Times, October 15, 1917 – Mrs. William Jennings Bryan speaks in New York City about the advantages of women winning the right to vote. read clipping

The New York Times, October 16, 1917 – Four women are arrested for picketing the White House. All four had been arrested ten days earlier and released without sentences. read clipping

The New York Times, October 17, 1917 – William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State during President Wilson’s first term, begins a three-day campaign for suffrage in New York. read clipping

The New York Times, October 17, 1917 – The four women, arrested yesterday for picketing, are sentenced to six months in the workhouse. read clipping

The New York Times, October 17, 1917 – President Wilson sends a letter to Carrie Chapman Catt expressing his hope that New York voters will give women suffrage in that state. He says he hopes the picketers in Washington will not adversely influence the voters in New York. read clipping

The New York Times, October 21, 1917 – In a letter to Carrie Chapman Catt, several anti-suffrage leaders try to make a link between the suffragists and pro-German forces. read clipping