Silent Sentinels
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The Silent Sentinels were a group of women suffragists who conducted the first-ever nonviolent, continuous picketing of the White House in 1917 to demand voting rights for women in the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
picketing campaign
ⓘ
protest group ⓘ women's suffrage organization ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedFor | picketing the president during wartime ⓘ |
| endDate | 1919-06-04 ⓘ |
| faced |
arrests of picketers
ⓘ
imprisonment of suffragists ⓘ violence from hostile crowds ⓘ |
| goal |
federal amendment for women's suffrage in the United States
ⓘ
voting rights for women in the United States ⓘ |
| hasPart | Night of Terror (November 14, 1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
political equality
ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ |
| imprisonmentLocation |
District of Columbia Jail
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Occoquan Workhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leader |
Alice Paul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lucy Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
White House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
civil disobedience
ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ picketing ⓘ |
| movement | women's suffrage movement in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor | first-ever nonviolent, continuous picketing of the White House ⓘ |
| opponent |
United States government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | anti-suffrage groups in the United States ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Woman's Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Alice Paul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doris Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Eunice Dana Brannan NERFINISHED ⓘ Inez Milholland Boissevain NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Morey NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Winslow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
increased public sympathy for women's suffrage
ⓘ
national attention to the suffrage cause ⓘ |
| slogan | Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty? ⓘ |
| startDate | 1917-01-10 ⓘ |
| tactic |
silent picketing with banners
ⓘ
use of provocative political slogans on banners ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| used | hunger strikes in prison ⓘ |
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