Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

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political organization suffrage organization women's rights organization

The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was a militant American suffrage organization founded by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns that later evolved into the National Woman's Party, known for its aggressive campaign for a federal woman suffrage amendment.

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Label	Occurrences
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage canonical	4

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political organization ⓘ suffrage organization ⓘ women's rights organization ⓘ
advocatedFor	passage of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment ⓘ women's right to vote in federal elections ⓘ
campaignType	national campaign ⓘ
characterizedAs	militant ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	political advocacy ⓘ women's political rights ⓘ
focus	United States Congress ⓘ
foundedBy	Alice Paul ⓘ Lucy Burns ⓘ
goal	Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: federal woman suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution
hasLeader	Alice Paul ⓘ Lucy Burns ⓘ
hasPurpose	securing a constitutional guarantee of woman suffrage in the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ
ideology	women's suffrage ⓘ
influenced	later feminist political strategies in the United States ⓘ
issue	gender equality in political rights ⓘ
knownFor	aggressive campaign for a federal woman suffrage amendment ⓘ direct action tactics ⓘ organizing large suffrage parades in Washington, D.C. ⓘ picketing the White House ⓘ
laterEvolvedInto	National Woman's Party ⓘ
mergedInto	National Woman's Party ⓘ
movement	women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ
notableMember	Anne Henrietta Martin ⓘ Doris Stevens ⓘ Inez Milholland ⓘ Mabel Vernon ⓘ
opposed	President Woodrow Wilson's initial reluctance to support woman suffrage ⓘ
opposedDiscriminationOnBasisOf	sex ⓘ
opposedStrategyOf	National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ
partOf	American feminist history ⓘ
politicalPosition	focused on federal rather than state-by-state suffrage campaigns ⓘ
relatedTo	National American Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ National Woman's Party ⓘ
soughtChangeIn	United States Constitution ⓘ
usedTactic	civil disobedience ⓘ lobbying members of Congress ⓘ mass demonstrations ⓘ public protests ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Woman's Party → predecessor → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ

Alice Paul → founded → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ

NWP → precededBy → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ

subject surface form: National Woman's Party

Lucy Burns → coFounded → Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage ⓘ