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| | | | | | The New York Times, August 12, 1918 – The Women Voters' Anti-Suffrage Party writes to President Wilson seeking to have him change his mind on suffrage. read clipping The New York Times, August 13, 1918 – Police arrest thirty-eight demonstrators from the National Woman’s Party in Lafayette Square. After being released, the women return to Lafayette Square and are rearrested. Several women are injured when they resist attempts by the police to confiscate their banners. Alice Paul says: “Oppression and abuse at the hands of the law merely emphasized the great need of women for political power.” read clipping The New York Times, August 15, 1918 – Thirty women from the National Woman’s Party are arrested for demonstrating in Lafayette Square. The women are released without bail and begin demonstrating again. One woman is removed bodily by the police. read clipping The New York Times, August 16, 1918 – Twenty-six women, including Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, are sentenced to ten to fifteen days in jail when they refuse to pay a fine. read clipping The New York Times, August 18, 1918 – Senator J. H. Gallinger, a strong proponent of suffrage, dies. read clipping | |
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