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Official program of the Woman Suffrage Parade that tried to overshadow Wilson's inauguration in 1913
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson Was Born
December 28, 1856
The issue of women's suffrage (right to vote) confronted Wilson right from the start. The National Women's Party organized a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., the day before Wilson's inauguration. Drawing away the crowds from inaugural events, leaders hoped to put pressure on the new president to pay attention to women's rights. It is said that when Wilson arrived in town he found the streets empty, instead of full with welcoming crowds, and was told that everyone was on Pennsylvania Avenue watching the parade. Before the end of his second term in 1920, Wilson and Congress approved the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.
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