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The women's march [playaway], a novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession, Jennifer Chiaverini ; performed by Saskia Maarleveld

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The women's march [playaway]

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Jennifer Chiaverini ; performed by Saskia Maarleveld

a novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession

Twenty-five-year-old Alice Paul returns to her native New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain. Weakened from imprisonment and hunger strikes, she is nevertheless determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland. Nine states have already granted women voting rights, but only a constitutional amendment will secure the vote for all. To inspire support for the campaign, Alice organizes a magnificent procession down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, the day before the inauguration of President-elect Woodrow Wilson, a firm antisuffragist

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