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people marching in Washington, D.C., to demand voting rights for women in 1913
August 26, 2020 | Votes for Women
Thousands of women gathered to march for the right to vote in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 1913. More than a hundred of them ended up in the hospital as the watching crowd grew violent, and police stood by. The 19th Amendment wouldn't pass for seven more years.
