Battle for Suffrage . Eleanor Roosevelt . WGBH American Experience | PBS
The movement of women into the public and political spheres had been gaining in momentum and popularity since the mid-19th century. On March 3, 1913 five thousand women, sporting purple, violet, and gold banners, had united under the leadership of suffragist Alice Paul to march through Washington in demand for their right to vote. By the 1910s woman suffrage had become a mass movement, where society could not just turn a blind eye to the matter at hand. It was time for a change in our society and these brave women believed, and felt that it was their duty to stand up and fight for what is right, our rights.
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