Lucy Burns & Inez Milholland (19th Amendment Anniversary Special)

“There’s a quote from Inez that I love, ‘I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess, in order to have a few rights.’ And I love that, this idea that even if you are privileged by your class...by beauty, by whatever, privilege does not, at the end of the day, replace rights under the law.”  

Tour Guide Tell All continues our celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.  All month long, our regular episodes highlight women who made important contributions to this struggle. This week, “The Rebeccas” take a deep dive into two women who aren’t often highlighted when we talk about the Suffrage Movement, but were greatly responsible for the eventual success of the campaign by refining tactics and overall strategies to, once and for all, demand unequivocally women’s right to vote.  

 

Lucy Burns will be one half of a formidable partnership with Alice Paul, using her intellect and keen writing ability to create a new sense of urgency and passion for a movement that many believed had stalled out in the very early 20th century.

 

Inez Milholland, whose striking classical beauty becomes the literal face of the Suffragette Movement, brings a new energy for the campaign. You may not remember the name, but you might recognize her from pictures leading the immense 1913 Suffragette March in Washington DC while perched atop a stunning white horse. She will become known as “The American Joan of Arc” and will, quite literally, die for the movement before the 19th amendment is passed.  

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

 

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• Lucy Burns Museum - Lorton, Virginia
• Turning Point Suffragist Memorial - Lucy Burns
• Visionaries: Lucy Burns - Library of Congress
• The 1913 Suffrage Parade - The Atlantic
• Chaos and Persistence at the 1913 Women's Suffrage March - Boundary Stones, WETA
• Recreating a Suffragist's Campaign Through the American West - Smithsonian Magazine
• "She Was the Glamorous Face of Suffrage.  Then She Became a Martyr" - The Washington Post
• Icon - Inez Milholland - Library of Congress
• Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission

 

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