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愛麗絲‧保羅的照片她是支持女性擁有投票權的運動的領袖之一
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有十名主張婦女有選舉權者在白宮外抗議時遭到逮捕：1917年8月28日
1917年6月至11月間，有來自26州共218位抗議者遭到逮捕，並且被指控阻礙白宮大門外人行道交通的罪名。在那個時候，抗議海報上的要求也越來越積極。婦女們利用美國於4月6日投入第一次世界大戰的機會，全力爭取自己的投票權益。當俄國使節來到華盛頓時，抗議者宣稱美國只是一個有名無實的民主國家。後來有部分旁觀者爆發衝突。你知道這些支持女性擁有選舉權的婦女後來採取什麼行動嗎？
Between June and November 1917, 218 protestors from 26 states were arrested and charged with "obstructing sidewalk traffic" outside the White House gates. During that time, messages on the picket signs became more demanding. The women took advantage of the United States' entry into World War I on April 6. When Russian envoys came through Washington, posters proclaimed that the United States was a democracy in name only. Bystanders erupted in violence. What was the suffragists' next move?
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