Consequential Concrete

Consequential Concrete. Belmont Paul Women's Equality NM. , The National Woman's Party fight for voting rights started with innovative protest methods. In 1917, the NWP organized "Silent Sentinels" to protest outside of the White House. When the US entered World War I, many Americans were unwilling to tolerate such protest. More than 90 of the Sentinels were jailed, many in Occoquan, Virginia. While imprisoned, the women were beaten and force fed when they went on hunger strikes. The ensuing publicity changed public and Congressional opinion. The NWP awarded silver pins to the women jailed for freedom." In 1998, the steps that once led to the Occoquan Women's Workhouse were donated to the NWP and placed on the grounds in front of you., [Captions:] , The Occoquan Workhouse in 1917. When they arrived at Occoquan, suffragist prisoners were forced to strip naked, sprayed with water, and given rough, dry uniforms to wear. Wardens blocked them from contacting their families. They crowded into dirty, freezing cells., Silent Sentry protest leader Lucy Burns spent more time in prison than any other American woman suffragist., Silver pins given to incarcerated suffragists became an important symbol of the Women's Suffrage Movement.