Suffrage Demonstration Crowds Fill Washington Ahead of Inauguration
Thousands of suffragists from across the nation converge on Washington for a major pageant and procession up Pennsylvania Avenue. Leaders including Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Howard Shaw address packed audiences at the Columbia Theater, while Pilgrim Rosalie Jones and other noted figures participate in mass meetings and tableaux to showcase the push for constitutional amendment enfranchisement.
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Forward March Generals of the suffragette army plan parade
Leaders describe a bold demonstration to seize the capital with a pageant symbolizing feminine genius and will. They prophesy the event will compel the city to bow to the suffrage cause.
Suffrage Parade Preparations Near Peace Monument
Officers will direct a parade on streets near the Peace Monument with a dress rehearsal at Rauscher's. Ninety seven attendants will join six principals, under Mrs Florence Flemming Noyes and Miss Hazel MacKaye. The program includes dances, a pageant to the Treasury steps, and a review by Columbia and the sisters. A large escort is sought and suffrage speakers will address crowds at Memorial Continental Hall after the procession.
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Weather Forecast Promises Clear Skies For Parade Day
Forecasters predicted fair weather for today and tomorrow as crowds prepare for the suffragist parade. Temperatures rose to 45 degrees at noon amid a cold wind, with officials noting March is an uncertain month and urging fur clothing.
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Suffrage Parade Raises Funds and Fetes Leaders
Committees called for money for the cause with gifts ranging from a few dollars to 100, honoring figures from Theodore Roosevelt to Debs and Maj Archibald Butt. Prominent suffrage organizers and speakers attended meetings at Congress Hall Hotel and Poll's Theater. A Chicago delegation of Minds Woman Suffrage Association arrived on a Pullman-less train, and other delegations from Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Virginia joined the procession preparations under the direction of Mrs. Harriet Upton and Gen. Rosalie Jones.
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Civic Cohorts Gather 20000 Added to Crowds
A huge inaugural crowd in the capital drew 20000 civic club members from across the United States with New Jersey sending many groups. The Indiana Democratic Club led by 500, Massachusetts and New York associations posted at Raleigh and Willard hotels. Many arrived on regular and special trains to join suffrage rallies and Marine Band concerts as officials arranged arrivals and hospitality.
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