10.Nov.1917 - Edith Ainge

Edith Ainge didn’t politely ask for freedom... she stood in the streets and demanded it. A fearless suffragist and member of the Silent Sentinels, Ainge joined forces with Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party to fight for Women’s voting rights in the United States.

She protested outside the White House, was arrested at least five times, and refused to back down even when the government tried to silence her. On November 10, 1917, Ainge and dozens of other suffragists were jailed at the Occoquan Workhouse after peaceful demonstrations demanding the vote. There, she endured solitary confinement and brutal treatment during the infamous Night of Terror, but the movement only grew stronger.

Before the arrests, Ainge organized suffrage campaigns across New York and helped lead the powerful Torch of Liberty rallies, igniting support for Women’s political equality across the region.

The fight she helped lead helped secure the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, finally guaranteeing Women the right to vote.

Arrested. Imprisoned. Unshaken.
Edith Ainge stood on the front lines so democracy could finally include Women. 💜⚖️🗳️