国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「In 1913, Jennie Griswold donned this blue and yellow cape before joining a suffrage march in Washington, D.C. On March 3, 1913, more than 5,000 women marched up Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., demanding the right to vote. Organized by Alice Paul and National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), the march was timed to maximize public attention. Organizers scheduled it to take place just one day before Woodrow Wilson's presidential inauguration, when the nation's capital would already be crowded with spectators and journalists. (Swipe to see postcards with images from the march). The 1913 march sparked heated debates, both internally within the suffrage movement and externally with American society at large. In the weeks before the protest, some white suffragists called on African American delegates to march in a separate, segregated section. Black activists like Ida B. Wells-Barnett rejected these demands and marched alongside their white colleagues. On the day of the march, more than 10,000 spectators crowded the marchers' parade route. Many were openly hostile, shouting insults and crowding the streets. Florence Hedges, a scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture who participated in the march, later wrote in a letter that the police's inability or unwillingness to control the spectators gave ". . .the hoodlums which are always to be found in a crowd, an opportunity to do anything they really liked." Some of her companions "could feel the hot breath of the people—often whiskey-laden—in their faces." Readers nationwide were horrified by how the marchers were treated, which helped make the one-day event an ongoing story, with demands for an investigation of the police department’s failure to protect the women. Follow the link in our bio to take a closer look at Hedges's letter: s.si.edu/2MxIUXU #American History #BecauseOfHerStory #19SuffrageStories #WomensHistory #ProtestHistory #VoteHistory #SuffrageHistory #DCHistory #AmericanDemocracy #BeyondTheBallot」8月18日 0時54分