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.

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Lucy Burns canonical 11

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instanceOf feminist
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
imprisonment at Occoquan Workhouse
participation in the 1917 White House pickets
notableWork organizing suffrage parades and demonstrations in Washington, D.C.
occupation political activist
suffragist
teacher
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
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
hunger strike
nonviolent protest
workedAs English teacher at Erasmus Hall High School

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National Woman's Party foundedBy Lucy Burns
NWP foundedBy Lucy Burns
subject surface form: National Woman's Party
NWP notableLeader Lucy Burns
subject surface form: National Woman's Party
Lucy Burns fullName Lucy Burns self-link