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American suffragist Lucy Burns was born #OTD in 1879. Burns founded the Nat'l Women’s Party with Alice Paul. While studying in the #UK, she joined the militant suffragettes. She played a key role advocating for the 19th Amendment that granted American women the right to vote. #history #suffrage

Alexis Nomides

28 июл., 19:02

I just love the way gun rights are more important than a woman's right to vote...

Michelle

28 июл., 17:03

Burns, was arrested several times for protesting and picketing at the White House and imprisoned at Occoquan Workhouse. Declaring that she was a political prisoner, she helped foment a hunger strike among the women prisoners, was force-fed, and brutally punished by the prison guards.