The demonstrators knew what they were doing: Dressed in their Sunday
best, they offered no resistance to the police and thus both appalled and
appealed to the public. They personified White, middle-class femininity, while
engaging in very unfeminine and less-than-bourgeois practices. The action
was inspired by radical agitator Alice Paul (1885–1977), who introduced militant
tactics to the NWP: parades, marches, picketing (mainly the White
House) as well as watch fires to burn President Wilson’s speeches (Campbell,
1989). Alice Paul’s tactics were confrontational but also clever, and they were
a thorn in the side of President Wilson, who much preferred the less radical
tactics of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA).
The demonstrators knew what they were doing: Dressed in their Sundaybest, they offered no resistance to the police and thus both appalled andappealed to the public. They personified White, middle-class femininity, whileengaging in very unfeminine and less-than-bourgeois practices. The actionwas inspired by radical agitator Alice Paul (1885–1977), who introduced militanttactics to the NWP: parades, marches, picketing (mainly the WhiteHouse) as well as watch fires to burn President Wilson’s speeches (Campbell,1989). Alice Paul’s tactics were confrontational but also clever, and they werea thorn in the side of President Wilson, who much preferred the less radicaltactics of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA).
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