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Inspiration: In April 1913, just weeks after organizing the historic Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C. 🏛️🎉, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns founded the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CUWS) ✊♀️. Their goal was bold and unapologetically feminist: to push Congress toward passing a federal amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. Unlike more cautious suffrage organizations of the time, Paul and her allies rejected a state-by-state strategy. They recognized that Women’s equality required sweeping federal change 💪⚖️, and they were willing to confront power directly to get it 🔥.
The Congressional Union’s tactics were militant for the era, including parades, pickets, and constant pressure 🎺📢. They openly challenged the Democratic Party for blocking suffrage and were unafraid to call out politicians by name.
From a feminist perspective, the CUWS embodied a radical truth: Women did not have to wait politely for equality; they could demand it, disrupt for it, and refuse to be sidelined 💃🔥✊. Alice Paul and the CUWS helped redefine activism itself, laying the groundwork for the National Woman’s Party and, ultimately, the 19th Amendment.
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