Lucy Burns
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Lucy Burns was a prominent American suffragist and political activist who co-founded the National Woman's Party and played a key role in securing women's right to vote in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucy Burns canonical | 11 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminist
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human ⓘ political activist ⓘ suffragist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ |
| closeCollaborator | Alice Paul ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage
ⓘ
National Woman's Party ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1879-07-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-12-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Packer Collegiate Institute
ⓘ
Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Oxford ⓘ Vassar College ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Burns ⓘ |
| fullName | Lucy Burns self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Lucy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding the National Woman's Party
ⓘ
leadership in the American women's suffrage movement ⓘ organizing the Silent Sentinels protests ⓘ picketing the White House for women's suffrage ⓘ |
| memberOf |
National Woman's Party
ⓘ
Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ |
| movement |
first-wave feminism
ⓘ
women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
arrest and imprisonment for suffrage protests
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imprisonment at Occoquan Workhouse ⓘ participation in the 1917 White House pickets ⓘ |
| notableWork | organizing suffrage parades and demonstrations in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| occupation |
political activist
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suffragist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
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surface form:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
|
| politicalGoal | securing women's right to vote in the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Brooklyn, New York, United States
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
civil disobedience
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hunger strike ⓘ nonviolent protest ⓘ |
| workedAs | English teacher at Erasmus Hall High School ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
National Woman's Party