National Woman's Party

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political organization suffrage organization women's rights organization

The National Woman's Party was a U.S. political organization, led by figures like Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman, that spearheaded militant suffrage campaigns and later fought for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Aliases (1)

National Woman’s Party ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political organization → suffrage organization → women's rights organization →
alsoKnownAs	NWP →
country	United States →
dissolved	1997 →
focus	Equal Rights Amendment → federal constitutional amendment for woman suffrage → legal equality for women →
founded	1916 →
foundedBy	Alice Paul → Lucy Burns →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
ideology	equal rights feminism → feminism → women's suffrage →
keyPerson	Alice Paul → Anita Pollitzer → Crystal Eastman → Doris Stevens → Inez Milholland → Mabel Vernon → Maud Younger →
method	civil disobedience → lobbying Congress → militant tactics → parades and demonstrations → picketing →
movement	American women's suffrage movement → Equal rights feminism movement → first-wave feminism in the United States →
notableCampaign	Opposition to protective labor legislation for women → Silent Sentinels White House picketing → campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment → campaign for women's suffrage in the United States → hunger strikes by imprisoned suffragists →
notableMember	Alice Paul → Anita Pollitzer → Crystal Eastman → Doris Stevens → Inez Milholland → Lucy Burns → Mabel Vernon → Maud Younger →
opposedLegislation	protective labor laws that treated women differently from men →
organizedEvent	1913 Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C. → Silent Sentinels protest at the White House →
politicalPosition	progressive →
predecessor	Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage →
publication	Equal Rights (journal) →
supportedLegislation	Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution → Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Crystal Eastman →	coFounded
women's suffrage movement →	hasKeyOrganization
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →	influencedBy
Alva Erskine Vanderbilt ("National Woman’s Party") →	memberOf