Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
2013
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Geography
First Advisor
George White
Abstract
Since the founding of the United States, the task of determining who has the right to political participation has been difficult. As a result, many groups, including women, had to take dramatic steps to ensure their right to suffrage and access to public space. Beginning in 1913 with the first National Demonstration and the pickets that followed in 1917, these women began to claim national public space as a space for protest. This research seeks to determine and understand the evolution of identities embraced by suffragists as correlated with protest tactics used from 1913 to 1920 in Washington, D.C. The research was based on photographs collected from the Records of National Women’s Party located in Library of Congress. The photographs were separated into two groups: parades/pageants from 1913-1917 and picketing from 1917-1920. Content analysis was used to analyze the photographs in order to determine which identity, civic or feminine, suffragists embraced. The analysis of photographs from the women’s suffrage movement demonstrations in Washington, D.C. confirms that feminine identity more frequently occurs in parade photographs, while photographs of pickets show higher frequencies of civic identity.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
National Woman Suffrage Association (U.S.)
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Suffrage -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- United States -- Identity -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Processions -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.)
Description
Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-86).
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
96
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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Recommended Citation
Johnson, Kimberly K., "Changing Tactics, Changing Identities: Woman’s Suffrage Protests in Washington, D.C., 1913-1920" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1436.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/1436