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How Suffragists Pioneered Aggressive New Tactics to Push for the Vote
Women infused their protests with creativity, PR savvy and in-your-face urgency.
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Women infused their protests with creativity, PR savvy and in-your-face urgency.
Sometimes, being polite just doesn’t work. As the 20
th century dawned, American activists for women s suffrage were coming to the conclusion that decades of quiet appeals to reason and logic had failed to move the needle for their cause.
Fresh strategies were required. A new generation of determined women nationwide stood eager to adopt the dramatic, even confrontational tactics that men employed in their own battles for power and influence. Abandoning demure and dignified lobbying, these new suffragists embraced controversy and courted publicity to appeal directly to the public. No tactic was off-limits: parades and pageants, suffrage hikes (from New York to Washington), “suffrage trains” and even a “suffrage barge” on the Mis