1 Shared Sisterhood to Dismantle Inequities
On the morning of March 3, 1913, Ida B. Wells-Barnett prepared for the Illinois delegation’s march in the 1913 suffrage parade in Washington, DC. The parade was strategically scheduled for the day before President-elect Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration to ensure large crowds. According to Ms. magazine, more than five thousand costumed parade participants, who hailed from all forty-eight states plus other countries, were surrounded by floats, bands, golden chariots, and squads on horseback.1 The festive occasion was designed to gain “Votes for Women.” The marchers soon encountered an angry crowd that, by some estimates, had ballooned to over five hundred thousand. The marchers were attacked by the ...
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