rindustry against them, so was the cotton textile industry from the south.In 1911, the strong opposition came into play. This began the formation of TheNational Association Opposed to Women Suffrage. This Association included manywealthy influential women and some Catholic clergy men. IN 1912 Alice Paul returned from England and began the radical movementtoward suffrage. Some of her tactics included burning President Wilsons wartimespeeches in rallies in front of the White House. On March 3 1913 Alice Paul organized asuffrage parade that was held in Washington. The publicity from this even providesfurther momentum for the suffrage campaign. It was held the day before PresidentWilsons inauguration . When the incumbent arrived at the train station in Washington hiswelcoming party was scanty because the majority of people were over on PennsylvaniaAve. watching the suffragettes demonstrate.WW1 slows the efforts on many levels. The suffragettes push the issue ofbecoming involved in war work. They believe that this will make them seem as thoughtthey are more patriotic and perhaps give them more leeway with the government,. It alsoslowed up the movement because of the implications of war time law.. In January 1917,American activists began to picket the White House peacefully. Four months later,Congress voted to take the country into war. (The first woman elected to Congress,Jeanette Rankin of Montana voted against the war resolution) At this point, peacefulpicketing became treason. Suffragists carried signs questioning whether the United Statescould truly lead a crusade for democracy if its own women were disenfranchised for thisthey were assaulted by crowds and arrested by police. Ultimately almost three hundredwomen, representing are truly extraordinary range of individuals, from munitions workersto wives of Congressmen, were arrested for civil disobedience. As the number of arrestsand length of sentences increased, jailed suffrag...
