Silent Sentinels White House picketing
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Silent Sentinels White House picketing was a landmark 1917–1919 suffrage protest in which women silently demonstrated outside the White House to demand voting rights for women in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silent Sentinels White House picketing canonical | 1 |
| Silent Sentinels campaign | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Silent Sentinels White House picketing Context triple: [National Woman's Party, notableCampaign, Silent Sentinels White House picketing]
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A.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a landmark 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., best known as the setting for Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and its pivotal role in advancing racial equality and economic justice in the United States.
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B.
Freedom Rides
The Freedom Rides were a series of nonviolent protests in 1961 in which interracial groups rode interstate buses into the segregated U.S. South to challenge and draw attention to the failure to enforce desegregation laws.
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C.
1966 Meredith March Against Fear
The 1966 Meredith March Against Fear was a pivotal civil rights demonstration in Mississippi that, after the shooting of organizer James Meredith, became a mass march and a key moment in the emergence and popularization of the Black Power movement.
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D.
Bonus Army march
The Bonus Army march was a 1932 protest in Washington, D.C., where thousands of World War I veterans demanded early payment of promised bonuses, culminating in a controversial and violent eviction by U.S. troops.
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E.
Selma to Montgomery marches
The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of 1965 civil rights protests in Alabama that became pivotal in the struggle for African American voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Silent Sentinels White House picketing Target entity description: Silent Sentinels White House picketing was a landmark 1917–1919 suffrage protest in which women silently demonstrated outside the White House to demand voting rights for women in the United States.
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A.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a landmark 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., best known as the setting for Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and its pivotal role in advancing racial equality and economic justice in the United States.
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B.
Freedom Rides
The Freedom Rides were a series of nonviolent protests in 1961 in which interracial groups rode interstate buses into the segregated U.S. South to challenge and draw attention to the failure to enforce desegregation laws.
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C.
1966 Meredith March Against Fear
The 1966 Meredith March Against Fear was a pivotal civil rights demonstration in Mississippi that, after the shooting of organizer James Meredith, became a mass march and a key moment in the emergence and popularization of the Black Power movement.
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D.
Bonus Army march
The Bonus Army march was a 1932 protest in Washington, D.C., where thousands of World War I veterans demanded early payment of promised bonuses, culminating in a controversial and violent eviction by U.S. troops.
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E.
Selma to Montgomery marches
The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of 1965 civil rights protests in Alabama that became pivotal in the struggle for African American voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonviolent protest
ⓘ
picketing campaign ⓘ political demonstration ⓘ suffrage protest ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
Woodrow Wilson
ⓘ
surface form:
President Woodrow Wilson
|
| alsoKnownAs | Silent Sentinels ⓘ |
| cause | women's suffrage in the United States ⓘ |
| characteristic |
daily picketing except on Sundays and some holidays
ⓘ
first group to picket the White House for a political cause ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
exhibits at the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
ⓘ
historical markers in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 1919 ⓘ |
| goal |
federal amendment for women's suffrage
ⓘ
voting rights for women ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
members of the National Woman's Party
ⓘ
suffragists ⓘ |
| influenced | passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | some convictions later overturned by courts ⓘ |
| location | White House ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national press attention ⓘ |
| method |
holding banners
ⓘ
silent picketing ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse
ⓘ
arrest of picketers on charges such as obstructing traffic ⓘ hunger strikes by imprisoned suffragists ⓘ imprisonment of suffragists at Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
ⓘ
surface form:
District of Columbia police
Woodrow Wilson administration ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Alice Paul
ⓘ
Lucy Burns ⓘ National Woman's Party ⓘ |
| partOf | American women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Wilson's initial opposition to federal suffrage amendment
ⓘ
shift of Wilson to support federal suffrage amendment in 1918 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
National Woman's Party
ⓘ
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ |
| result |
increased public sympathy for suffrage movement
ⓘ
pressure on Wilson administration to support suffrage amendment ⓘ |
| slogan |
Woodrow Wilson
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaiser Wilson
Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty? ⓘ |
| startDate | 1917-01-10 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War I ⓘ |
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Subject: Silent Sentinels White House picketing Description of subject: Silent Sentinels White House picketing was a landmark 1917–1919 suffrage protest in which women silently demonstrated outside the White House to demand voting rights for women in the United States.
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