Picketing

These quiet protests went on for months, gaining much attention from the media of the time. This was Alice Paul’s intention. The women were ultimately arrested for traffic obstruction charges, trumped up charges to try to get the women to stop the picketing, which was becoming embarrassing to the President. The jail terms initially were short and light in local DC jails. However, as the protesting continued despite these arrests, the location and conditions of the jail terms changed…

Throughout history, women’s suffrage and civil rights were both movements that had to be brought to national attention in order to produce the change that was wanted. At first, barriers and discrimination against women and African Americans made it difficult for a strong, successful movement to thrive. However, over time, both the women’s suffrage movement and the civil rights movement were able to mobilize strongly and have major effects on policy. This was due to three different causal factors…

Some of these conditions included as the mood of the crowd and the resistance given. The strikes sometimes involved picketing peacefully or battling guards viciously, others even entering the mills. The flying squadrons were a natural operation that managed to make a good impression countrywide. Union officials at first tolerated, and on occasion encouraged, the actions…

Many women who were apart of the suffrage movement rejected continuance these tactics. Years later during an interview with Paul she stated, “Our own women you see, began to revolt against us because we wanted to go on with the picketing and they wanted us to stop the picketing. The whole National American was solidly against us…” As the hostility grew the women kept urging the right to vote, not stopping even when people began to rip the banners and shove the women. Instead of punishing the…

illegal to cut off contact with emergency companies. Verizon Wireless union workers were also damaging Verizon property. Union workers were hit while picketing or getting into fights within the community, which posed legal problems. According to Pressman (2016), “Verizon was sending squads of lawyers to state courts seeking restraining orders to limit picketing and to keep the strikers away from replacement workers” (pg. 4). Now Verizon had to spend money on hiring lawyers, and the money should…

Gannon Holmgren September, 23, 2015 Prof. Mooney Conflict Theory MW Class Conflict Theory Conflict theory suggests that human behavior in social contexts results from conflict between competing groups. There is a lot that this theory needs to have covered and it ranges from the history, a detailed explanation, examples of the concepts, and a reflection to the theory itself. In order to have a good grasp on what exactly conflict theory is trying to prove a variety of topics will be discussed. At…

and quotes by Wilson himself. Others, both from pictures and the film, said, “Mr. President what will you do for woman suffrage?” In addition, the actors wore sashes and held suffrage flags with their campaign colors: purple, white and gold. The picketing lasted for 18 months, during rain or shine. A witness remembers, “The intrepid women stood their long vigils day by day at the White House gates,…

Introduction Social movements within civil society can have a large impact on the governments of nation-states. These group action movements often consist of protests and lobbying, and are used by individuals to promote policy change related to specific interests or areas. This paper discusses the issue of women’s rights movements and the tactics used to promote change. More specifically, it will focus on comparing the women’s suffrage movements in the United States and Great Britain during the…

attention to the need of the female vote. The NWP used civil disobedience that invited political discussion. After parades and picketing, many NWP members were imprisoned for their civil disobedience. However, this imprisonment just made the NWP stronger. While imprisoned, “NWP activists emphasized that their assembly on city sidewalks and their silent and peaceable picketing had been conducted entirely within legal grounds” (Library of Congress). By becoming imprisoned, the political activists…

on the language they speak. The fight staged by Martin Luther King together with his allies to deliberate themselves from the jaws of racism and segregation resulted into several people being killed, jailed, or injured during demonstrations or picketing. In the year 1963, King together with his group led a demonstration in the city of Washington. He termed the demonstration a nonviolent type, meaning they were not supposed to destroy any property or disrupt the businesses of people. It is…